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𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟑 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈

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Clement of Rome was the third successor of Saint Peter, reigning as pope during the last decade of the first century. He’s known as one of the Church’s five “Apostolic Fathers,” those who provided a direct link between the Apostles and later generations of Church Fathers.

Clement’s First Epistle to the Corinthians was preserved and widely read in the early Church. This letter from the bishop of Rome to the Church in Corinth concerns a split that alienated a large number of the laity from the clergy. Deploring the unauthorized and unjustifiable division in the Corinthian community, Clement urged charity to heal the rift.

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𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩. 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯. 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺. 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘯 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘋𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴.