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The First Epistle of Clement (Ancient Greek: Κλήμεντος πρὸς Κορινθίους, romanized: Klēmentos pros Korinthious, lit. 'Clement to Corinthians') is a letter addressed to the Christians in the city of Corinth. The work is attributed to Clement I, the fourth bishop of Rome and almost certainly written by him. [1]
2 Clement was traditionally believed to have been an epistle to the Christian Church in Corinth written by Clement of Rome sometime in the late 1st century. [4] However, 4th-century bishop Eusebius, in his historical work, says that there was only one recognized epistle of Clement (namely the so-called First Epistle of Clement). [5]
11th-century fresco in the Basilica of San Clemente, Rome: Saints Cyril and Methodius bring Saint Clement's relics to Rome. The Liber Pontificalis [20] presents a list that makes Linus the second in the line of bishops of Rome, with Peter as first; but at the same time it states that Peter ordained two bishops, Linus and Anacletus, for the priestly service of the community, devoting himself ...
He was said to have been consecrated by Peter the Apostle, and he is known to have been a leading member of the Church in Rome in the late 1st century. [9] [10] The First Epistle of Clement (c. AD 96) [11] was copied and widely read and is generally considered to be the oldest Christian epistle in existence outside of the New Testament.
Clement of Rome (also known as Pope Clement I) was a late 1st-century bishop of Rome who, according to Tertullian, was ordained by St. Peter. According to Irenaeus, Clement was the fourth bishop of Rome after Anacletus. Eusebius described him as the "co-laborer" of Paul and identified him with the Clement mentioned in Philippians 4:3. [8]
Irenaeus was the first to propose that all four gospels be accepted as canonical. Clement of Alexandria (c.150–c.215) was a Christian theologian and the head of the noted Catechetical School of Alexandria and was well-versed in pagan literature. [92] Clement is best remembered as the teacher of Origen.
The Epistles of Clement are two letters ascribed to Clement of Rome (fl. 96): First Epistle of Clement; Second Epistle of Clement, not by the same author; "Epistle of Clement" may also refer to: Ethiopic Clement, an epistle traditionally attributed as written by the apostle Peter to Clement; part of the wider Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon
Eusebius, the fourth-century early church historian, is the first writer to provide an account of Clement's life and works, in his Ecclesiastical History, 5.11.1–5, 6.6.1 [note 2] He provides a list of Clement's works, biographical information, and an extended quotation from the Stromata. From this and other accounts, it is evident that ...