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Second Epistle of Clement
A homiletic exhortation calling believers to repentance, holiness, and steadfastness as they await final judgment.
Anonymous early Christian preachermid 2nd century2nd century
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- Category
- Apostolic Fathers
- Genre
- Homily
- Tradition
- Cross-Tradition
- Region
- Mediterranean
- Original language
- Greek
- Date certainty
- Range
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This text is represented here through direct Greek witness material associated with Anonymous early Christian preacher and its circulation in Mediterranean. Approved translation support is available in English, Spanish, and Indonesian.
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www.newadvent.org · Source quality: Primary · Last checked: 2026-03-01
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web.archive.org · Source quality: Archive · Last checked: 2026-03-01
Original language witnesses
Witness status: Direct witness
Open normalized witness textEpistula II ad Corinthios
License: CC BY-SA 4.0