Kata Markon

["Maurice A. O'Sullivan" <mauros AT iol.ie>]

At 14:00 12/09/99 -0500, you wrote:
> the topic of the author Mark as founder of Alexandrine/North African 
> Christianity.
> This is, I believe (no time right now to look this up), a tradition that
> Clement of Alexandria believed in.

"Clement's letter says nothing of Mark's role as founder of the Alexandrian 
church. Indeed, it implies that the church there was already in existence 
when Mark arrived from Rome after Peter's death. Nothing is said of any 
earlier sojourn of Mark in Alexandria, though the wording of the fragment 
does not exclude that possibility"
---- Anchor Bible Dictionary ( art. by Birger A. Pearson on "Christianity 
in Egypt" )



Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros AT iol.ie