"The Word of God became man, that thou mayest learn from man how man may become God"

“[T]he Word of God became man, that thou mayest learn from man how man may become God.” (ὁ λόγος ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ ἄνθρωπος γενόμενος, ἵνα δὴ καὶ σὺ παρὰ ἀνθρώπου μάθῃς, πῇ ποτε ἄρα ἄνθρωπος γένηται θεός) (Protr. 1.8.4.)

Clement of Alexandria: Christ is both father and mother

"The Word [Christ] is everything to his little ones, both father and mother."

 Clement of Alexandria, Christ the Educator, trans. S. Wood (New York: Fathers of the Church Inc., 1954), p. 40.