About the book: 1994 / Clement of Rome (Clemens Romanus), saint (late 1st century), early Christian writer belonging to the Apostolic Men. Almost nothing is known about the life of Clement of Rome. He was Bishop of Rome in the 90s. Some historians suggest that Clement of Rome was Jewish by origin. His name is associated with the so-called. Clementines and two letters to the Corinthians. The Clementines undoubtedly did not belong to him and were written later; Almost all patrolologists also deny that Clement of Rome belongs to the 2nd Epistle, which bears his name. Only the first letter, written to the Christians of Corinth in connection with the turmoil that worried the community of this city, is recognized as authentic. There is a legend that Clement of Rome. - one person with the holy martyr Clement, who died in Chersonesus - his relics were transferred to Rome by Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius. The Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of St. Clement of Rome on November 25. The first letter dates back to the year 96-97, the second dates back to the middle of the 2nd century (the authorship of St. Clement is questioned). Both messages were first discovered in the Codex Alexandrinus of the 5th century in incomplete form: the first message was missing the end of chapter 57 and chapters 58-63, the second ended in chapter 12. They were published in this volume in 1860 in Preobrazhensky’s translation (“Monuments of Ancient Christian Writing in Russian translation "T. 2 "Writings of the Apostolic Men", appendix to the "Orthodox Review", M., 1860). The missing parts were found after this publication in the minuscule codex of the Jerusalem Methodology in Constantinople (Codex Hierosol. 54), dated 1056. These parts were translated by A. Priselkov (“Review of the Epistles of St. Clement, Bishop of Rome, to the Corinthians,” Issue 1. Review of the First Epistle. St. Petersburg, 1888. – P.43-51, 53-56 Greek . text with parallel Russian translation) (1st message) and N.I. Barsov (“History of primitive Christian preaching (before the 4th century)”, St. Petersburg, 1885, 162-165) (2nd).