Clement of Rome
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Clement of Rome, also known as Pope Clement I, was the Bishop of Rome in the late first century. He is considered to be the first of the Apostolic Fathers of the Church.
c. 1000 portrayal at Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kyiv
11th-century fresco in the Basilica of San Clemente, Rome: Saints Cyril and Methodius bring Saint Clement's relics to Rome
Russian icon of Saint Clement
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First Epistle of Clement
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The First Epistle of Clement is a letter addressed to the Christians in the city of Corinth. The work is internally anonymous, but it is attributed to Clement I, the fourth bishop of Rome, which most
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…died in Greece in the third year of Trajan's reign, or 100. The only known genuine extant writing of Clement is his letter to the church at Corinth (1 Clement) in response to a dispute in which certain presbyters of the Corinthian church had been deposed. He asserted the authority of the presbyters as rulers…
Original Greek and Latin translation
Facsimile of the Epistle of Clement, from the Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Tchacos p 33