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Clement begins the fourth book written c. 199 AD-c.201 AD with a belated explanation of the disorganized nature of the work, and gives a brief description of his aims for the remaining three or four books. [19] The fourth book focuses on martyrdom.
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 ...
The work is, as its title suggests, an exhortation to the pagans of Greece to adopt Christianity, and within it Clement demonstrates his extensive knowledge of pagan mythology and theology. It is chiefly important due to Clement's exposition of religion as an anthropological phenomenon. [1]
According to Bruce Metzger, Clement never explicitly refers to these New Testament references as "Scripture". [16] Additionally, 1 Clement possibly references the martyrdom of Paul and Peter (sections 5:4 to 6:1). [18] 1 Clement was written at a time when some Christians were keenly aware that Jesus had not returned as they had expected.
The Second Epistle of Clement was traditionally ascribed by some ancient authors to Clement, but it is now generally considered to have been written later, c. AD 140–160, and therefore could not be the work of Clement, who died in 99. [9] Doubts about the authorship of the letter had already been expressed in antiquity by Eusebius and Jerome.
Little is known about Clement's life. Tertullian claimed that Clement was ordained by Saint Peter. [3] Early church lists place him as the second or third [4] [a] bishop of Rome. Eusebius, in his book Church History mentioned Clement as the third bishop of Rome and as the "co-laborer" of Paul. [5]
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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]