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Clement of Rome ( Latin: Clemens Romanus; Ancient Greek: Κλήμης Ῥώμης, romanized : Klēmēs Rōmēs) ( c. 35 AD – 99 AD), also known as Pope Clement I, was the bishop of Rome in the late first century AD. He is listed by Irenaeus and Tertullian as the bishop of Rome, holding office from 88 AD to his death in 99 AD. [2]
- 88 AD
- Early Church
- 99 AD
- Anacletus
III. THE EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. Clement I, Saint, POPE (called CLEMENS ROMANUS to distinguish him from the Alexandrian), is the first of the successors of St. Peter of whom anything definite is known, and he is the first of the “ Apostolic Fathers “. His feast is celebrated November 23. He has left one genuine writing, a letter to the ...
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We will focus on Clement of Rome. St. Clement of Rome was the third successor of Peter the Apostle as bishop of Rome, and therefore, our fourth Pope. St. Irenaeus, himself a Father of the Early Church, tells us that Clement "saw the blessed Apostles and conversed with them, and had yet ringing in his ears the preaching of the Apostles and had ...
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 circa 96 ce. An important piece of patristic literature by an Apostolic Father, it is extant in a 2nd-century Latin translation, which is possibly the oldest surviving ...
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Sep 8, 2019 · BBC History Revealed explains why. From 1309 to 1377, the Italian capital took an unprecedented break as the residence of the papacy, which relocated to the French city of Avignon. French-born Pope Clement V ordered the move in response to the increasingly fractious and political environment in Rome, which had seen his predecessors face off ...
Oct 28, 2014 · Pope Clement I. St. Clement was probably the fourth bishop of Rome. St. Irenaeus places him after St. Peter, St. Linus and St. Anacletus, though some other ancient writers place him second after ...
Clement probably was made a bishop by Saint Peter himself and became the fourth Bishop of Rome after Linus and Cletus. He was the first after Saint Peter to leave a written record. Like Saint Paul, he wrote to the Christians in Corinth, leaving us a clear exposition of the early church structure of Holy Orders, with bishops and priests and deacons.
