Chapter XVI.--The Epistle of Clement.

There is extant an epistle of this Clement [706] which is acknowledged to be genuine and is of considerable length and of remarkable merit. [707] He wrote it in the name of the church of Rome to the church of Corinth, when a sedition had arisen in the latter church. [708] We know that this epistle also has been publicly used in a great many churches both in former times and in our own. [709] And of the fact that a sedition did take place in the church of Corinth at the time referred to Hegesippus is a trustworthy witness. [710]