St. Clement I’s Letter to the Church of Corinth, or First Letter of Clement, was written to settle a controversy among the Corinthians against their church leaders. It reveals that Clement, who was the fourth pope and bishop of Rome, considered himself empowered to intervene in another community’s affairs. Clement’s exercise of authority over another community is the first such action known in the early Christian church.
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