NON-AUTHENTIC WORKS IN NAME OF SAINT CLEMENT OF ROME
/NEAUTENTICKÉ SPISY POD MENOM SVÄTÉHO KLIMENTA RÍMSKEHO/

Pavol KOCHAN

lecturer, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Prešov, Masarykova 15, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia, pavol.kochan@unipo.sk, 00421517724729

Vasyl KUZMYK

priest, Orthodox archdiocese in Prešov, Orthodox church in the Czech lands and in Slovakia, Budovateľská 1, 080 01 Prešov, Slovakia, vasyl.kuzmyk@gmail.com

Abstract

Clement of Roma was bishop of Roma. He was very interesting person and authority of his era between Christians and pagans. The respect toward him was so great that many of the works from his era were accredited to his authorship. We are talking about texts which retain his life before and after baptism, his way and meeting with apostles and also his martyr's death. Clement of Rome is one of the first saints who 'visited' Slavonians after Saints Cyril and Methodius found his relics and brought them to Great Moravia.

Keywords

Clement of Rome, apostolic man, Church, 2nd Letter to Christians in Corinth

SUMMARY

In this study, we tried to bring closer particular non-authentic works, which were attributed to Saint Clement and most of them were kept in great respect in first centuries even because of name of Clemet. In Alexandrian codex of Holy Scriptures from the 5th century is mentioned after the authentic Letter to Corinthian the Second letter to Corinthian. The contents of it we can find today in collection of Greek patrology from the 19th century. In this collection are also Letters to maidens, or pseudoclementinies. Study brings contents analysis of particular scripts, theirs history, discovery, analysis and edition in various languages. Based on this analysis we are able to define picture of literary production of Christians in 1st and 2nd century after Christ.

(Language: slovak)

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