“... faithfully and strenuously you should resist the heretics in defense of the only true and life-giving faith, which the Church has received - the apostles and imparted to her sons. For the Lord of all gave to His apostles the power of the Gospel, through whom also we have known the truth, that is, the doctrine of the Son of God: to whom also did the Lord declare: 'He who hears you, hears Me; and he who despises you, despises Me, and Him who sent Me' (Lk. 10:16).” GivingShouldChristianChurchKnownLordSonDefenseDoctrineOrthodoxDespiseApostlesOrthodox ChristianHeretic Author:Pope Clement I
“... if we say that the Father is the origin of the Son and greater than the Son, we do not suggest any precedence in time or superiority in nature of the Father over the Son (cf. Jn. 14:28)? or superiority in any other respect save causation. And we mean by this, that the Son is begotten of the Father and not the Father of the Son, and that the Father naturally is the cause of the Son.” IfsMeanChristianFatherCausesGreaterSonOrthodoxSuperiorityOrthodox ChristianCfsPrecedenceCausation Author:Pope Clement I
“Let us cleave... to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it. For the Scripture says in a certain place (Mk. 7:6), 'This people honors Me with their lips, but their hearts is far from Me.'” PeopleHeartChristianDesireCertainHonorLipsScriptureOrthodoxGodliness Author:Pope Clement I
