Epistles of Clement
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The Epistles of Clement are two letters ascribed to Clement of Rome
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
includes in their wider Biblical canon an epistle traditionally attributed as written by the apostle Paul to Clement.
Pope Clement I
Starting in the 3rd and 4th century, tradition has identified him as the Clement that Paul mentioned in Philippians as a fellow laborer in Christ.While in the mid-19th century it was customary to identify him as a freedman of Titus Flavius Clemens, who was consul with his cousin, the Emperor...
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Floruit
Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
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- First Epistle of ClementFirst Epistle of ClementThe First Epistle of Clement, is a letter addressed to the Christians in the city of Corinth. The letter dates from the late 1st or early 2nd century, and ranks with Didache as one of the earliest — if not the earliest — of extant Christian documents outside the canonical New Testament...
; - Second Epistle of ClementSecond Epistle of ClementThe Second Epistle of Clement, often referred to as 2 Clement, is an early Christian writing....
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is the predominant Oriental Orthodox Christian church in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Church was administratively part of the Coptic Orthodox Church until 1959, when it was granted its own Patriarch by Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All...
includes in their wider Biblical canon an epistle traditionally attributed as written by the apostle Paul to Clement.