" Clement calls the πῦρ αἰώνιον that was sent by God against Sodom "full of discernment" (φρόνιμον) and declares that the very punishment of that city is τῆς εὐλογίστου τοῖς ἀνθρώποις σωτηρίας εἰκών, "for the human beings, the image of their well calculated salvation." (Paed. 3.8.44-45) "
― Clement of Alexandria , Le Pédagogue, Tome II