The Roman Catholics consider him the fourth pope, which would include Peter as the first pope. Many early Christians thought he was the Clement that Paul calls a "fellow worker" in Philippians 4:3, but there is no way to know if that is true or not. It is now generally referred to as "An Early Christian Homily (or Sermon)." It is an important sermon because it is the earliest one still extant, but no one believes Clement wrote it. It was named 2 Clement because it was found attached to First Clement in the Codex Alexandricus. Calvinist traditions, some simply passed on from Roman Catholic divines, have twisted our understanding of Scripture far away from what was "one for all delivered to the saints." Paul Pavao points out the ruptures in our current foundations and builds on "God's firm foundation" instead in Rebuilding the Foundations, free at Smashwords and 99ยข on Kindle.
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