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Epistle of Clement to James

Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter 19

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Author: Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter XIX.—Installation of Clement.

Having thus spoken, he laid his hands upon me in the

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presence

of

all

,

and

compelled

me

to

sit

in

his

own

chair

.

And

when

I

was

seated

,

he

immediately

said

to

me

:

“

I

entreat

you

,

in

the

presence

of

all

the

brethren

here

,

that

whensoever

I

depart

from

this

life

,

as

depart

I

must

,

you

send

to

James

the

brother

of

the

Lord

a

brief

account

of

your

reasonings

from

your

boyhood

,

and

how

from

the

beginning

until

now

you

have

journeyed

with

me

,

hearing

the

discourses

preached

by

me

in

every

city

,

and

seeing

my

deeds

.

And

then

at

the

end

you

will

not

fail

to

inform

him

of

the

manner

of

my

death

,

as

I

said

before

.

For

that

event

will

not

grieve

him

very

much

,

when

he

knows

that

I

piously

went

through

what

it

behoved

me

to

suffer

.

And

he

will

get

the

greatest

comfort

when

he

learns

,

that

not

an

unlearned

man

,

or

one

ignorant

of

life

-

giving

words

,

or

not

knowing

the

rule

of

the

Church

,

shall

be

entrusted

with

the

chair

of

the

teacher

after

me

.

For

the

discourse

of

a

deceiver

destroys

the

souls

of

the

multitudes

who

hear

.

”