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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forAlexandrian SchoolWhen Alexandria became the center of learning (second period 30 B.C. to A.D. 640), an effort was made to blend the wisdom or philosophy of the East and the West. Thus arose the Neo-Platonists (q.v.). The movement suggested a new style of treating theology, and gave rise to what is known as the Alexandrian or Alexandrine School. The chief representatives of this School were Clement of Alexandria and Origen. The Alexandrian School resolved to fight the Gnostic heresy with its own weapons, and developed a system of " Christian " Gnosis. See C. Bigg, Christian Platonists of Alexandria, 1886; Neoplatonism, 1895. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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