” ” ” “In this way, commented the Pope, Clemens Alexandrinus "makes up a second great occasion for dialogue between the Christian announcement and Greek philosophy, after the partial failure of Paul at the Areopagus", described in the Acts of the Apostles. "To relaunch dialogue", in other words, Clemens "ennobles the Greek philosophic tradition to the highest rank". As John Paul II wrote in the "Fides et Ratio", Clemens goes as far as to interpret philosophy as “a preparatory education for the Christian faith”. Therefore, according to the Pope, Clemens "is going on marking the path resolutely", for those who intend to “give reason” of their faith in Jesus Christ. "He may be an example for the Christians, the catechists and the theologians of our times", stated the Pope. In the same encyclical, John Paul II urged them “to recover the metaphysical dimension of truth and to emphasize it in the best possible way, with the aim of entering a critical dialogue which has to be demanding, with both the contemporary philosophic thinking and the whole philosophic tradition”.” “
