The Church of God which sojourns at Rome, to the Church of God sojourning at Corinth, to them that are called and sanctified by the will of God, through our Lord Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, from Almighty God through Jesus Christ, be multiplied.
Hi! My name is Stephen and today we are going to talk about Clement of Rome.
They certainly don’t write letters like they used to and Clement of Rome is no exception.
Clement is known as the first Apostolic Father and one of the first Popes after Peter. He is probably the Clement Paul mentions in Philippians:
I ask you also, my loyal companion, help these women, for they have struggled beside me in the work of the gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
According to legend, Clement was exiled to a work camp by the Roman emperor at the time. When Clement got to the camp, he was appalled by the lack of water that was given to the prisoners. He knelt down in prayer and as he stood up, he saw a lamb on a hill not too far away. He went to the lamb and struck the ground and water came forth. This miraculous event let to the conversion of many.
As punishment, Clement was killed— he was martyred by being thrown overboard in the Black sea with an anchor tied to his neck.
Yet he did more than die for his faith. He lived it and he taught it.
Consider what Clement said about love:
Charity unites us to God…There is nothing mean in charity, nothing arrogant. Charity knows no schism, does not rebel, does all things in concord. In charity all the elect of God have been made perfect.
And what Clement taught on salvation:
Let us contend with all earnestness, knowing that we are now called to the combat. Let us run in the straight road, the race that is incorruptible. This is what Christ saith: keep your bodies pure and your souls without spot, that ye may receive eternal life.
We owe it to this witness of faith to keep him in our memory and in our prayers.
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