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c. A.D. 35 – c. 99

Clement of Rome

Worth knowing

  • Bishop of Rome at the end of the first century. Irenaeus lists him third in succession from the apostles.
  • The letter he sent to Corinth around A.D. 96 is the earliest Christian writing outside the New Testament that can be dated with any confidence.
  • The Corinthians had removed their presbyters from office, and the church at Rome wrote to call it rebellion and ask them to restore peace.
  • The letter never names its author. It speaks as the church at Rome, and the name Clement comes from early tradition.

In Scholar’s Dream, Clement of Rome has one book

Passages you can read in the game

Longer excerpts the Scriptorium holds on screen for a player to sit and read, word for word.

“Let us set before our eyes the good Apostles. There was Peter, who by reason of unrighteous jealousy endured not one but many labours, and thus having borne his testimony went to his appointed place of glory.”

1 Clement 5.3–4 (trans. Lightfoot, public domain, lightly modernized).
from 1 Clement

“By reason of jealousy and strife Paul by his example pointed out the prize of patient endurance. After he had been seven times in bonds, had been driven into exile, had been stoned, had preached in the East and in the West… so he departed from the world and went unto the holy place, having been found a notable pattern of patient endurance.”

1 Clement 5.5–7 (trans. Lightfoot, public domain, lightly modernized).
from 1 Clement

“And so we, having been called through his will in Christ Jesus, are not justified through ourselves, or through our own wisdom or understanding or piety or works which we wrought in holiness of heart, but through faith, whereby the Almighty God justified all men that have been from the beginning.”

1 Clement 32.4 (trans. Lightfoot, public domain, lightly modernized).
from 1 Clement

“The Apostles received the Gospel for us from the Lord Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ was sent forth from God. So then Christ is from God, and the Apostles are from Christ. Both therefore came of the will of God in the appointed order.”

1 Clement 42.1–2 (trans. Lightfoot, public domain, lightly modernized).
from 1 Clement

“Love joins us unto God; love covers a multitude of sins; love endures all things, is long-suffering in all things. There is nothing coarse, nothing arrogant in love. Love has no divisions, love makes no seditions, love does all things in concord.”

1 Clement 49.5 (trans. Lightfoot, public domain, lightly modernized).
from 1 Clement

Words Clement of Rome’s books borrow from others

Moves these books can learn whose quotation comes from somebody else. The citation on each one names who actually said it.

“Christ is with the humble-minded, not with those who exalt themselves over his flock.”

1 Clement 16.1 (trans. Lightfoot, public domain, lightly modernized).public domain
How it works in the game: the move Appeal for Concord
EcclesiologyArgument · power 45 · 100% accurate

In the gameClement to Corinth: order and humility. May steady the reader’s own Defend.

Learned by1 Clement (Lv 1)

“Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.”

James 1:19 (WEB).
How it works in the game: the move Steelman
RationalityType shift

In the gameRestate the foe’s position in its strongest form — exposing its true weak point. Lowers the foe’s Defend. Always fair; never a bad move to use.

Learned by1 Clement (Lv 5)

“There was Peter, who by reason of unrighteous jealousy endured not one but many labours, and thus having borne his testimony went to his appointed place of glory.”

1 Clement 5.3–4 (trans. Lightfoot, public domain, lightly modernized).public domain

“After he had been seven times in bonds, had been driven into exile, had been stoned, had preached in the East and in the West… so Paul departed from the world and went unto the holy place, having been found a notable pattern of patient endurance.”

1 Clement 5.5–7 (trans. Lightfoot, public domain, lightly modernized).public domain
How it works in the game: the move Martyr’s Witness
HistoryArgument · power 65 · 100% accurate

In the gameThe record of those who died rather than recant. Nobody dies for what they know they made up. No rhetorical fog can blur it.

Learned by1 Clement (Lv 12)

Strong against
×2A View of the Evidences of Christianitya book · why?

Paley’s first proposition is that the apostles suffered for what they reported. He cites Clement, Ignatius and Polycarp as witnesses.

More from the research (2)

Real, sourced quotations found while researching Clement of Rome’s books for the game. They are not shown anywhere in the game itself.

"Let us understand, dearly beloved, how the Master continually showeth unto us the resurrection that shall be hereafter; whereof He made the Lord Jesus Christ the firstfruit, when He raised Him from the dead. … Day and night show unto us the resurrection. The night falleth asleep, and day ariseth; the day departeth, and night cometh on."

1 Clement 24.1–3 (Lightfoot).
verified in primary source

"Love joineth us unto God; love covereth a multitude of sins; love endureth all things, is long-suffering in all things. There is nothing coarse, nothing arrogant in love. Love hath no divisions, love maketh no seditions, love doeth all things in concord. In love were all the elect of God made perfect; without love nothing is well pleasing to God."

1 Clement 49.5 (Lightfoot).
verified in primary source

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