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A New Eusebius has held an unrivaled position as the standard source book for students of the early patristic period. Stevenson has gathered an impressive compilation of documents, including the Martyrdom of James, the Flight of the Christians from Jerusalem, and Persecution by Domitian, from such writers as Eusebius, Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Polycarp, Justin, and Irenaeus. These primary...

6 The Beginning of Clement’s First Epistle to the Corinthians, c. 96 I–III.3 A schism had arisen in Corinth and this letter, written by Clement in the name of the church at Rome, was designed to attempt to end it. The first sentence of the letter may refer to persecution at the end of Domitian’s reign. I.1 Owing to the sudden and repeated misfortunes and calamities which have befallen us, brethren, we are somewhat late, we think, in concerning ourselves with the matters disputed among you, beloved,
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