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“ Owing, dear brethren, to the sudden and successive calamitous events [2] which have happened to ourselves, we feel that we have been somewhat tardy in turning our attention to the points respecting which you consulted us; and especially to that shameful and detestable sedition, utterly abhorrent to the elect of God, which a few rash and self-confident persons have kindled to such a pitch of frenzy, that your venerable and illustrious name, worthy to be universally loved, has suffered grievous injury. ”

“ Ye enjoined young men to be of a sober and serious mind, ye instructed your wives to do all things with a blameless, becoming, and pure conscience, loving their husbands as in duty bound; and ye taught them that, living in the rule of obedience, they should manage their household affairs becomingly, and be in every respect marked by discretion.
Footnotes ↑ According to I, the title is “Clement’s (Epistle) to the Corinthians.” ”

“ The space for the title for the 1st Epistle is mutilated, and we find only “....Corinthians I.;” the 2d Epistle has no title. On the authority of Eusebius, Jerome, Georgius Syncellus, the earlier editions give the titles, “First Epistle of Saint Clement, Bishop of Rome, to the Corinthians, written in name of the Church of Rome,” “Second Epistle of Saint Clement, Bishop of Rome, to the Corinthians.”↑ I, περιστάσεις (critical experiences) .↑ Literally “is greatly blasphemed.”↑ Literally, “did not prove your all-virtuous and firm faith.” ”