Clement, First Letter of

(c. A.D. 70–140) A letter written to the church in Corinth from the church in Rome, it addresses the need to support local ecclesiasticalFrom the Greek word ecclesia, meaning church or congregation and is used to refer to both separate Christian congregations and to the whole body of Ch... more leaders after the recent martyrdoms of PeterPeter (c. A.D. 1–65) was a Jewish fisherman, chosen by Jesus to be one of his 12 Apostles. Peter was a critical witness to many events in Jesus’ l... more and Paul, ongoing persecutions, and when many members were becoming distressed by Christ’s failure to return as they had expected.