Before creeds were settled and councils convened, the Church learned how to survive conflict, persecution, and division through faithful shepherds who stood close to the apostles themselves. In this introduction to 1 Clement, we step into the late first century—only decades after the resurrection—and meet a church leader writing not theory but urgent pastoral counsel. Clement’s letter to Corinth shows us what authority, unity, and humility looked like before Christianity had power, buildings, or legal standing. This opening reading sets the tone for our journey through the Church Fathers: grounded in history, saturated with Scripture, and centered on the living Christ who was confessed, preached, and obeyed long before Christianity became an institution.

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