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First Letter of Clement, a letter to the Christian church in Corinth from the church of Rome, traditionally ascribed to and almost certainly written by St. Clement I of Rome about 96 CE. It is an important piece of patristic literature by an Apostolic Father and was regarded as Scripture by many early Christians.
The work is attributed to Clement I, the fourth bishop of Rome and almost certainly written by him. Based on internal evidence some scholars say the letter was composed some time before AD 70, but the common time given for the epistle's composition is at the end of the reign of Domitian (c. AD 96).
Oct 15, 2023 · The General consensus is that 1 st Clement was written around late 96 or 97A.D.. There are a number of reasons for this. In its opening lines, 1 st Clement references a series of successive “calamities” which had befallen the church at Rome and thus prevented them from writing to Corinth sooner.
Letter of Clement to the Corinthians. CHAPTER 1 -- SALUTATION, AND PRAISE FOR THE CORINTHIANS BEFORE SCHISM BROKE FORTH AMONG THEM. The Church of God which sojourns at Rome, to the Church of God sojourning at Corinth, to those who are called and sanctified by the will of God, through our Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, from Almighty ...
Information on First Clement. On the internal evidence for the dating of 1 Clement, Welborn writes ( The Anchor Bible Dictionary, v. 1, p. 1060): The epistle is customarily dated to the end of the reign of Domitian (95 or 96 C.E.). In the first sentence of the letter, the author explains that the Roman church has been delayed in turning its ...
Oct 27, 2016 · 1 Clement is a letter attributed to Clement of Rome (fl. second half of the 1st century CE ). It is from a single hand, comprising sixty-five chapters, written from a body of Christ followers in Rome to those in Corinth. It is a long and often rambling writing whose chief aim does not appear until chapters 39–44.
The FIRST EPISTLE of CLEMENT to the CORINTHIANS. Clement was a disciple of Peter, and afterwards Bishop of Rome. Clemens Alexandrinus calls him an apostle. Jerome says he was an apostolical man, and Rufinus that he was almost an apostle.
