The Early Christian Books

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Excerpt from The Early Christian Books: A Short Introduction to Christian Literature to the Middle of the Second CenturyThe Epistle of Clement was written from the Church of Rome to the Church of Corinth about the year a.d. 95. Its object was not unlike that of the 1st Epistle of St. Paul to the same Church. But the spirit of party and lack of unity at Corinth was now appearing in an intenser form. Indeed it was now not so much parties'as headstrong and ill-advised individuals that were causing serious trouble. They had actually gone so far as to obtain the deposition of certain presbyters, who had been regularly appointed and had done their duty admirably. The account of this breach of Church order reached the ears of the Christians at Rome - it would take a little over a week for the news to travel - when the Roman Church was in the throes of the persecution of the Emperor Domitian, which, though not of the sweeping character of Nero's thirty years before, seems to have been peculiarly trying from its spasmodic nature. It was never known when the blow would come, or who would be struck, and every Christian as a follower of a religion unauthorized by the State was equally open to attack. The Epistle seems to have been dispatched when the storm had blown over. We 'gather that its oh ject was achieved, and that its rebuke, firm and sincere, and couched in most tactful form as it was, with the authority of the Roman Church behind it, reduced the Corinthian Christians to order. It was treasured by them, and read at their services far on in the next century.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.