"FOR Christ is of those who are humble-minded, and not of those who exalt themselves over His flock. Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Sceptre of the majesty of God, did not come in the pomp of pride or arrogance, although He might have done so, but in a lowly condition, as the Holy Spirit had declared regarding Him."
~Pope St. Clement I: Letter to the Corinthians, Ch. 16.
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Clement held office from 92 to his death in A.D. 99. According to
Tertullian, writing c. 199, the Roman Church claimed that Clement was
ordained by St. Peter (De Praescript., xxxii), and St. Jerome tells us
that in his time "most of the Latins" held that Clement was the
immediate successor of the Apostle (Illustrious Men, 15). St. Jerome
himself in several other places follows this opinion, but here he
correctly states that Clement was the fourth pope.
“AND we also, having been called through His will in Christ Jesus, are not justified by ourselves, or by our own wisdom or understanding of piety or the works we have done in holiness of heart, but through the faith, by which Almighty God has justified all men from the beginning; to Whom be glory for all ages. Amen.”
~Pope St. Clement I: Letter to the Corinthians, 32, 4.
