1 Clement

The First Epistle of Clement is a letter from the church in Rome to the church in Corinth, written c. 96 CE. It is one of the earliest extant Christian documents outside the New Testament.|||Codex Alexandrinus (5th c.), Codex Hierosolymitanus (1056 CE), Codex Sinaiticus (4th c.), Syriac and Coptic translations.|||Written c. 96 CE, at the end of the reign of Domitian. Attributed to Clement of Rome.|||Not canonical in any tradition, though listed as canonical in the Canons of the Apostles and read in some early churches.|||Addresses a dispute in the Corinthian church, emphasizing order, humility, and the authority of church leaders. Provides a window into the governance and theology of the late first-century church.|||Ehrman, B. D. The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1. Harvard University Press, 2003.|||Holmes, M. W. The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations. Baker Academic, 2007.|||Jefford, C. N. Reading the Apostolic Fathers. Hendrickson, 2012.|||First Clement — Early Christian Writings|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/1clement.html|Full public-domain translation.;; First Clement — Sacred Texts|https://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/001/index.htm|Full text from the Ante-Nicene Fathers.|||" The church of God which sojourns in Rome to the church of God which sojourns in Corinth." — 1 Clement, Salutation