Thursday, February 14, 2008

St. ClementOk, so in all likelihood Clement didn't have anything to do with Second Clement. But I needed a headline to get your attention.

Here's another dose of the preacher delivering the homily we know as Second Clement. This is from chapter 13:

For when the pagans hear from our mouths the oracles of God, they marvel at their beauty and greatness. But when they discover that our actions are not worthy of the words we speak, they turn from they turn from wonder to blasphemy, saying that it is a myth and a delusion. For when they hear form us that God says, "It is no credit to you if you love those who love you, but it is a credit to you if you love your enemies and those who hate you," when they hear these things, the marvel at such extraordinary goodness. But when they see that we not only do not love those who hate us but do not even love those who love us, they scornfully laugh at us, and the Name is blasphemed. (2Cl 13.3-4, Holmes' 3rd edition)

Post Author: rico
Thursday, February 14, 2008 2:12:52 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00) 

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Saturday, February 16, 2008 7:31:58 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I used this as a parallel in a set of Sunday School notes a while back. Went over like a lead balloon. The Apostolic Fathers aren't on the radar for the average Southern Baptists, alas.
Chuck Grantham
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