The Sacred Writings of Clement of Rome

"The Sacred Writings Of ..." provides you with the essential works among the Christian writings. The volumes cover the beginning of Christianity until medieval times.

Contents: The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians Chapter I.-The Salutation. Praise of the Corinthians Before the Breaking Forth of Schism Among Them. Chapter II.-Praise of the Corinthians Continued. Chapter III.-The Sad State of the Corinthian Church After Sedition Arose in It from Envy and Emulation. Chapter IV.-Many Evils Have Already Flowed from This Source in Ancient Times. Chapter V.-No Less Evils Have Arisen from the Same Source in the Most Recent Times. The Martyrdom of Peter and Paul. Chapter VI.-Continuation. Several Other Martyrs. Chapter VII.-An Exhortation to Repentance. Chapter VIII.-Continuation Respecting Repentance. Chapter IX.-Examples of the Saints. Chapter X.-Continuation of the Above. Chapter XI.-Continuation. Lot. Chapter XII.-The Rewards of Faith and Hospitality. Rahab. Chapter XIII.-An Exhortation to Humility. Chapter XIV.-We Should Obey God Rather Than the Authors of Sedition. Chapter XV.-We Must Adhere to Those Who Cultivate Peace, Not to Those Who Merely Pretend to Do So. Chapter XVI.-Christ as an Example of Humility. Chapter XVII.-The Saints as Examples of Humility. Chapter XVIII.-David as an Example of Humility. Chapter XIX.-Imitating These Examples, Let Us Seek After Peace. Chapter XX.-The Peace and Harmony of the Universe. Chapter XXI.-Let Us Obey God, and Not the Authors of Sedition. Chapter XXII.-These Exhortations are Confirmed by the Christian Faith, Which Proclaims the Misery of Sinful Conduct. Chapter XXIII.-Be Humble, and Believe that Christ Will Come Again. Chapter XXIV.-God Continually Shows Us in Nature that There Will Be a Resurrection. Chapter XXV.-The Phoenix an Emblem of Our Resurrection. Chapter XXVI.

© 2012 Jazzybee Verlag (Ebook): 9783849621223

Translators: Philipp Schaff

Release date

Ebook: 21 July 2012