Editing Clement of Rome (section)

====Second Epistle of Clement====
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The Second Epistle of Clement is a homily, or sermon, likely written in Corinth or Rome, although it is doubtful it was written by Clement.<ref name="ODCC self"/> Early Christian congregations often shared homilies to be read. The homily describes Christian character and repentance.<ref name="ODCC self"/> It is possible that the Church from which Clement sent his epistle had included a festal homily to share in one economical post, thus the homily became known as the Second Epistle of Clement.

While 2 Clement has been traditionally ascribed to Clement, most scholars believe that 2 Clement was written in the 2nd century based on the doctrinal themes of the text and a near match between words in 2 Clement and in the [[Greek Gospel of the Egyptians]].<ref name=CE1913/><ref name=McBrien>{{cite book|last=McBrien|year=2000|title=Lives of the Popes|pages=35|publisher=HarperCollins}}</ref> Doubts about the authorship were already expressed in antiquity by [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]].<ref>{{harvnb|Eusebius Pamphilius|325}}. [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201/Page_147.html Book 3, Chapter 16].</ref><ref>Jerome, ''[[De Viris Illustribus (Jerome)|De Viris Illustribus]]'', Chapter 15</ref>