III. NOTES
l. Ency. Brit., l4th ed., vol. I, pp. 581-2.
- “De l'Egypte Grecque a l'Egypte Copte" by Pierre
Jouguet, pub. in “Le Bulletin de l'Association des
Amis des Eglises et de l'Art Copte," vol. I (1935) pp.
1-26 where he says: “... un peuple qui a toujours,
certes, attire les etrangers, mais qui, tres fier de ses
propres traditions millenaires pour leur montrer une
sympathie profonde, ne fera que res-sentir avec
aigrcur le contraste, deja aperpu par Herodote, qui
l'oppose aux Hellenes”. - Eusebius: Book V, section 10.
- l'Abbe Bardy· "Clement d'A1exandrie" (2nd ed., Paris
1926) pp. 6-7; R. Payne: "The Holy Fire" (N.Y,
1957) p. 22, where he says: "The battle was fought,
not in Smyrna nor in any of the seven churches of
Asia, but in the theological schools of Alexandria, the
most civilised city of the time, where Jews and
Christians met on equal footing. Origen and Clement
of Alexandria were the protagonists in the drama.
They wrestled with angels, delved into the mysterious
origins of Christianity, consulted the oldest texts,
hurled anathemas on pagans. When they completed
their work, they had laid the foundations of the Faith
and built 'up its doctrinal structure, almost to the
height which it reaches today. - Some writers consider Pantaenus-as they do other
Egyptian leaders – Greek. The error of such