2 Clement

The Second Epistle of Clement is an early Christian homily, traditionally attributed to Clement of Rome but actually written by an unknown author in the mid-2nd century.|||Codex Alexandrinus (5th c., ends at 12.5), Codex Hierosolymitanus (1056 CE, complete).|||Written c. 150 CE. The first surviving homily outside the New Testament canon.|||Not canonical in any tradition, though it was sometimes included with 1 Clement in early manuscripts.|||A homily on repentance, the resurrection, and the divinity of Christ. Provides a window into early Christian preaching and theology.|||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.|||Tuckett, C. 2 Clement and the New Testament. Brill, 2016.|||Second Clement — Early Christian Writings|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/2clement.html|Full public-domain translation.;; Second Clement — Sacred Texts|https://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/001/0010000.htm|Full text from the Ante-Nicene Fathers.|||" Let us then, brothers, think of Jesus Christ as of God, as the judge of the living and the dead." — 2 Clement 1:1