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1 Clement 47

Letter to the Corinthians

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Take up the epistle of the blessed Paul the Apostle.

2What wrote he first unto you in the beginning of the Gospel?

3Of a truth he charged you in the Spirit concerning himself and Cephas and Apollos, because that even then ye had made parties.

4Yet that making of parties brought less sin upon you; for ye were partisans of Apostles that were highly reputed, and of a man approved in their sight.

5But now mark ye, who they are that have perverted you and diminished the glory of your renowned love for the brotherhood.

6It is shameful, dearly beloved, yes, utterly shameful and unworthy of your conduct in Christ, that it should be reported that the very steadfast and ancient Church of the Corinthians, for the sake of one or two persons, maketh sedition against its presbyters.

7And this report hath reached not only us, but them also which differ from us, so that ye even heap blasphemies on the Name of the Lord by reason of your folly, and moreover create peril for yourselves.

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About 1 Clement

A letter from the church of Rome to the church of Corinth around the year 96, trying to reverse the deposition of presbyters. The oldest Christian document outside the New Testament. English text: The Apostolic Fathers, First Clement (1891), J. B. Lightfoot, 1891 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.

Source: The Apostolic Fathers, First Clement (1891), J. B. Lightfoot (1891) · public domain