1 Corinthians 1:19 Douay-Rheims

For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent I will reject.

Clement of Alexandria

c. A.D. 150–215 Patristic

And of such it is said, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise: I will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." The apostle accordingly adds, "Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world?" setting in contradistinction to the scribes, the disputers of this world, the philosophers of the Gentiles. "Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?" which is equivalent to, showed it to be foolish, and not true, as they thought.

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A.D. 215 · on 1Cor 1:19 (The Stromata Book 1)

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