Clement of Rome, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Constitutions of the Holy Apostles… (1885)
“ II. Let us therefore, beloved, consider what sort of glory that of the seditious is, and what their condemnation. For if he that rises up against kings is worthy of punishment, even though he be a son or a friend, how much more he that rises up against the priests! ”
Clement of Rome, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, Constitutions of the Holy Apostles… (1885)
“ For by how much the priesthood is more noble than the royal power, as having its concern about the soul, so much has he a greater punishment who ventures to oppose the priesthood, than he who ventures to oppose the royal power, although neither of them goes unpunished. For neither did Absalom nor Abdadan [4] escape without punishment; nor Corah and Dathan. [5] The former rose against David, and strove concerning the kingdom; the latter against Moses, concerning pre-eminence. And they both spake evil ”
