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Epistle of Clement to James

Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter 20

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Author: Pseudonymous letter writer

Chapter XX.—Clement’s Obedience.

Whence I, my lord James, having promised as I was

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ordered

,

have

not

failed

to

write

in

books

by

chapters

the

greater

part

of

his

discourses

in

every

city

,

which

have

been

already

written

to

you

,

and

sent

by

himself

,

as

for

a

token

;

and

thus

I

despatched

them

to

you

,

inscribing

them

“

Clement’s

Epitome

of

the

Popular

Sermons

of

Peter

.

”

However

,

I

shall

begin

to

set

them

forth

,

as

I

was

ordered

.

Notes

1
[Compare with this the remarkable chapter, Recognitions, iii. 75, where a summary is given of previous writings sent to James. The design of this letter, evidently known to Rufinus, was to authenticate the work which follows. The language of Rufinus may fairly imply that this letter, known to be of later origin, was sometimes prefixed to the Recognitions also. This is an evidence of Jewish-Christian origin.—R.]