Jealousy, envy, strife and discord in first clement^*

* This article is offered to William Campbell in gratitude for all that I have learned from his scholarship on early Christianity.

Abstract

This article investigates the role that the author of the First Epistle of Clement attributes to the rivalrous emotions in creating discord in the church at Corinth. Comparison with contemporary philosophers and moralists demonstrates that Clement employs conventional topics of conservative ideology in order to crush the revolt against the established presbyters.

Keywords:

• Jealousy
• envy
• strife
• discord
• sedition

Notes

* This article is offered to William Campbell in gratitude for all that I have learned from his scholarship on early Christianity.