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The Church History of Eusebius · Chapter XV

Clement, the Third Bishop of Rome

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In the twelfth year of the same reign Clement succeeded Anencletus704 after the latter had been bishop of the church of Rome for twelve years. The apostle in his Epistle to the Philippians informs us that this Clement was his fellow-worker. His words are as follows:705 "With Clement and the rest of my fellow-laborers whose names are in the book of life."

Notes

  1. 704

    On Anencletus, see chap. 13, note 3.

  2. 705

    . For an account of Clement, see above, chap. 4, note 19; and upon the order of succession of the Roman bishops, see chap. 2, note 1.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Volume 1, ed. Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (1890–1900). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.