This book discusses the occurrence of angelic imagery in early
Christian discourse about the Holy Spirit. Taking as its entry-point
Clement of Alexandria's less explored writings, Excerpta ex Theodoto,
Eclogae propheticae, and Adumbrationes, it shows that Clement's
angelomorphic pneumatology occurs in tandem with spirit christology,
within a theological framework still characterized by a binitarian
orientation. This complex theological articulation, supported by the
exegesis of specific biblical passages (Zech 4: 10; Isa 11: 2-3; Matt
18:10), reworks Jewish and Christian traditions about the seven
first-created angels, and constitutes a relatively widespread
phenomenon in early Christianity. Evidence to support this claim is
presented in the course of separate studies of Revelation, the
Shepherd of Hermas, Justin Martyr, and Aphrahat.
