St. Clement of Rome
Pope, disciple of St. Peter, and Church Father. Taught that the Scriptures were handed down for transmission in continuous succession.
Works
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers
— Disciple of St. Peter; taught Scriptures were handed down for transmission in continuous succession
"and Clement, the disciple of St. Peter, teach that the Scriptures were handed down to them"
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Chapter II: On the Object and Breadth of Sacred Scripture
— His opinion cited (Epistle 5) with that of Dionysius
"The same is the opinion of St. Clement, the companion and disciple of blessed Peter, in Epistle 5."
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Heaven and Earth: Four Interpretations
— Cited for the empyrean heaven interpretation, received from the lips of Saint Peter
"This is the opinion of Blessed Clement, received from the lips of Saint Peter"
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Heaven and Earth: Four Interpretations
— Cited alongside Peter and Basil for the creation of empyrean, earth, and abyss
"This is the opinion of Saint Peter and Clement, Saint Basil, Bede, Molina"
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Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness
— Quoted from Book VII of the Apostolic Constitutions, chapter 35, on man as the culmination of creation
"St. Clement, Book VII of the Apostolic Constitutions, chapter 35: "The culmination of Your work, a living being partaking of reason, a citizen of the world,"