Simplicity: Clement of Alexandria on the Right Use of Wealth
Teaching on Simplicity from Clement of Alexandria: Clement of Alexandria on the Right Use of Wealth
This is a spiritual discipline on wealth and detachment, drawing on Mark 10:17-27, Luke 12:15 and 1 Timothy 6:17-19.
Clement of Alexandria (d. c. 215) wrote "Who Is the Rich Man That Shall Be Saved?" to counter the interpretation that Jesus demanded literal poverty of all Christians. Clement argued: "It is not the one who has nothing that is rich, but the one who throws away much and is in need of nothing." True simplicity is not about the amount of possessions but about the heart's relationship to them.…
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