The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)

Clement of Rome. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912.

Truly his will shall be quickly and suddenly accomplished, as the Scripture also bears witness that he shall come quickly and shall not tarry; and the Lord shall suddenly come to his temple, and the Holy One for whom ye look.

Let us consider, beloved, how the Master continually[*](The resurrection foreshadowed in Nature) proves to us that there will be a future resurrection, of which he has made the first-fruits, by raising the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead.

Let us look, beloved, at the resurrection which is taking place at its proper season.

Day and night show us a resurrection. The night sleeps, the day arises: the day departs, night comes on.

Let us take the crops: how and in what way does the

sowing take place?

The sower went forth and cast each of the seeds into the ground,, and they fall on to the ground, parched and bare, and suffer decay; then from their decay the greatness of the providence of the Master raises them up, and from one grain more grow and bring forth fruit.

Let us consider the strange sign which takes[*](The Phoenix as a sign of the resurrection) place in the East, that is in the districts near Arabia.