Instead, Clement's Christ is a supernatural physician; He is not subject to humanity's bodily pain. The medicine which he offers is the communication of saving ''gnosis'', leading men from paganism to faith and from faith to the higher state of knowledge. This true philosophy includes within itself the freedom from sin and the attainment of virtue. As all sin has its root in ignorance, so the knowledge of God and of goodness is followed by well-doing. Against the Gnostics Clement emphasizes the freedom of all to do good (for which he has also been called Semi-Pelagian).
AlsoAlthough Clement is not commemorated as a saint in Eastern Orthodoxy, he was formerly commemorated by the Roman Catholic Church. However, he was dropped from the Roman martyrology by Pope Clement VIII (Pope from 1592-1605), some have downplayed a decision reaffirmed by People Benedict XIV (pope 1740-1758) "on the grounds that Clement's influence on life was little known that he had never obtained public cultus in the Church, and that some of his doctrines were, if not erroneous, at least suspect."<ref>Havey, F. (1908). Clement of Alexandria. In ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved July 12, 2018 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04045a.htm</ref> Perhaps for all these reasons, "Clement has had no notable influence on the course of theology beyond his personal influence on the young Origen."{{<ref|1}}>Ibid.</ref>
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