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  • From: "David C. Hindley" <dhindley AT csi.com>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Allegory of Abraham's sons (Gal. 4:21-5:1)
  • Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 11:18:47 -0400


Jon Peter wrote:

>>I've not explored the intricacies of Clement and his writings, but know the
problems. Here's a clip showing what I was going by (from the Christian
Etherial Classics website at Wheaton College, Intro to IClement to Cor.)

"[a.d. 30-100.] Clement was probably a Gentile and a Roman. He seems to have
been at Philippi with St. Paul (a.d. 57) when that first-born of the Western
churches was passing through great trials of faith. There, with holy women
and others, he ministered to the apostle and to the saints. As this city was
a Roman colony, we need not inquire how a Roman happened to be there. He was
possibly in some public service, and it is not improbable that he had
visited Corinth in those days. From the apostle, and his companion, St.
Luke, he had no doubt learned the use of the Septuagint, in which his
knowledge of the Greek tongue soon rendered him an adept. His copy of that
version, however, does not always agree with the Received Text, as the
reader will perceive.

A co-presbyter with Linus and Cletus, he succeeded them in the government of
the Roman Church..."<<

Keep in mind that this was the contribution of the editors of the American
edition of the older Edinburgh edition of the Ante Nicene Fathers series (vol.
I of the AE was a condensation of vol. I-III of the EE). The introduction you
cited was published in vol. I (1884), and like the original Edinburgh edition
(vol. I was published about 1867), scant attention way paid to the results of
historical-critical scholarship (mainly active in Germany at this time). They
seemed to have been more interested in conflicts between the Church of England
or Scottish Presbyterians and the Roman Catholic church. They seemed to have
little interest in Lutheran scholarship, or German scholarship in general.

Regards,

Dave Hindley
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

PS: Pardon me for using an incorrect surname (Jon Paul for Jon Peter) in my
recent response to your post. I was obviously thinking of Pope John Paul. Gee,
I'm usually sharp as a tack @ 3:00am! <grin>





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