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==Development: Pope Clement==

==Development: Pope Clement==

Saint '''Clement I''', [[Pope]] and [[martyr]], also known as '''[[Clement of Rome]]''' was elected [[Bishop of Rome]] in 88, the third successor after the martyrdom of [[Saint Peter]], first [[Apostolic Fathers|Apostolic Father]]. He succeeded [[Pope Anacletus|Cletus]] as pope from 88 to 97, or from 92 to 101.  

Saint '''Clement I''', [[Pope]] and [[martyr]], was a [[Roman]], ''Clemens Romanus'' also known as '''[[Clement of Rome]]'''. He was elected [[Bishop of Rome]] in 88, the third successor after the martyrdom of [[Saint Peter]], one of the first three [[Apostolic Fathers]] together with . He succeeded [[Pope Anacletus|Cletus]] as pope from 88 to 97, or from 92 to 101.  

Saint Clement was a [[Roman]], ''Clemens Romanus''. Bishop St. [[Irenaeus of Lyons]] lists him as a contemporary of the Apostles and witness of their preaching. According to tradition he was probably a freed man in the imperial household and was baptized by St. Peter. [[Origen]] identifies him as working with Saint Paul the Apostle as Paul's "fellow-labourer" (Philippians 4:3), and so do Eusebius, Epiphanius, and [[Jerome]] but this Clement working with Paul was probably a Philippian. According to tradition, he was ordained by Peter himself. According to the early Christian writer [[Tertullian]], he was [[Consecration|consecrated]] [[bishop]] by Peter. Some early writers, indeed, thought that Clement was Peter's immediate successor, but modern scholars agree that he is Peter's third successor or the church’s fourth pope. He is famous for the ''Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians'' attributed to him, as written in the name of the Church of Rome to the Church of the Corinthians addressing the controversy of [[schism]] among the younger [[clergy]] and admonishing them to humility and obedience under threat of [[sin]]ning against God if they dared to disobey this letter as the word of God. He restored the [[sacrament]] of [[confirmation]] according to the rite of Saint Peter. To his time is attributed the use of "[[Amen]]" in [[Religion|religious]] ceremonies.  

Bishop Saint [[Irenaeus of Lyons]] lists Saint Clement as a contemporary of the Apostles and witness of their preaching. According to tradition he was probably a freed man in the imperial household and was baptized by St. Peter. [[Origen]] identifies him as working with Saint Paul the Apostle as Paul's "fellow-labourer" (Philippians 4:3), and so do Eusebius, Epiphanius, and [[Jerome]] but this Clement working with Paul was probably a Philippian. According to tradition, he was ordained by Peter himself. According to the early Christian writer [[Tertullian]], he was [[Consecration|consecrated]] [[bishop]] by Peter. Some early writers, indeed, thought that Clement was Peter's immediate successor, but modern scholars agree that he is Peter's third successor or the church’s fourth pope. He is famous for the ''Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians'' attributed to him, as written in the name of the Church of Rome to the Church of the Corinthians addressing the controversy of [[schism]] among the younger [[clergy]] and admonishing them to humility and obedience under threat of [[sin]]ning against God if they dared to disobey this letter as the word of God. He restored the [[sacrament]] of [[confirmation]] according to the rite of Saint Peter. To his time is attributed the use of "[[Amen]]" in [[Religion|religious]] ceremonies.  

In the middle of the nineteenth century it was the custom to identity the pope with the [[consul]] of 95, T. Flavius Clemens, who was martyred by his first cousin, the Emperor Domitian, at the end of his consulship. But the ancients never suggest this, and the pope is said to have lived on till the reign of Trajan. He was banished by Emperor [[Trajan]] to [[Pontus]] in the [[Crimea]], and was thrown into the sea with an anchor around his neck.  

In the middle of the nineteenth century it was the custom to identity the pope with the [[consul]] of 95, T. Flavius Clemens, who was martyred by his first cousin, the Emperor Domitian, at the end of his consulship. But the ancients never suggest this, and the pope is said to have lived on till the reign of Trajan. He was banished by Emperor [[Trajan]] to [[Pontus]] in the [[Crimea]], and was thrown into the sea with an anchor around his neck.