Clement is remembered as an early leader of the church in Rome, listed by Irenaeus as the third bishop after Peter and Paul. The letter from the Roman church to the church at Corinth, usually dated around 96, has been ascribed to him since the second century, although it names no author.
1 Clement urges the Corinthians to restore presbyters they had deposed. It recalls the deaths of Peter and Paul as recent examples of faithfulness and draws on Paul’s letters and on Hebrews. Several later works were falsely attributed to him. He is distinct from Clement of Alexandria, the scholar named in the Secret Mark letter.
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12 writings- AD 54Paul’s First Letter to the CorinthiansThe New Testament1×
- AD 57Paul’s Letter to the RomansThe New Testament1×
- AD 80The Letter to the HebrewsThe New Testament1×
- AD 96The First Epistle of Clement to the CorinthiansThe Early Church1×
- AD 180Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, Book IIIThe Early Church2×
- AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book IIIThe Early Church1×
- AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book IVThe Early Church1×
- AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book VThe Early Church3×
- 2026The documentary record of Jesus and the movements that interpreted himThe Dossier1×
- 2026From medieval devotion to the presentThe Dossier1×
- 2026What the evidence can and cannot establishThe Dossier1×
- 2026Sources and further readingThe Dossier1×