_Clement_, the Successor of _Anacletus_, is, according to _Origen_[105], _Eusebius_[106], and all the Antients, the Person whom St. _Paul_, in his Epistle to the _Philippians_[107], names among those who had _laboured with him in the Gospel, and whose Names were in the_ _Book of Life_. Hence _Chrysostom_ concludes, that, together with St. _Luke_ and _Timothy_, he attended the Apostle of the Gentiles in all his journeys[108]. _Irenæus_ assures us, that he had not only seen the Apostles, and conversed with them; but that, when he was appointed Bishop of _Rome_, he still heard their Voices sounding in his Ears, still had before his Eyes the Rules and good Example they had given him[109]. _Origen_ styles him _the Disciple of the Apostles_[110]; _Ruffinus, almost an Apostle_[111]; and _Clement_ of _Alexandria, an Apostle_[112]. That he was well versed in every Branch of Learning, especially in polite Literature, descended of a Senatorian Family, and nearly related to the _Cæsars_, is what we read in _Eucherius_[113] and _Nilus_[114], who seem to have followed therein the _Recognitions_, a Book of no Authority. [Sidenote: _Some confound him with_ Flavius Clemens.] _Eucherius_ perhaps confounded, as others have done, Pope _Clement_ with _Flavius Clemens_, who was Son to _Flavius Sabinus_, the only Brother of _Vespasian_, and suffered Death for the Christian Religion in the Persecution of _Domitian_[115]; for Pope _Clement_ was, as himself seems to insinuate, rather of the Race of _Jacob_ than of the _Cæsars_[116]. [Sidenote: _Chosen Bishop of_ Rome.] Upon the Death of _Anacletus_ he was unanimously chosen by the People and Clergy of _Rome_ to succeed him. He had been named, say some, to that Dignity by St. _Peter_ himself, preferably to Linus and _Anacletus_[117]; but had declined it, finding that the Faithful were not all equally disposed to submit to the Judgment and Authority of St. _Peter_. He therefore withdrew; and, as he was of a mild and pacific Disposition, led a retired Life to the Death of _Anacletus_, when he was forced to accept of the Dignity, which he had before declined. Thus _Ruffinus_, upon the Authority of the _Recognitions_; which appears to me, I must own, a very improbable Tale. During his Pontificate happened an impious and detestable Division, to use his own Terms, among the Christians of _Corinth_, which obliged them to have recourse to other Churches, especially to that of _Rome_; [Sidenote: _His famous Epistle to the_ Corinthians.] and on this occasion was written that famous Epistle to the _Corinthians_, so much magnified by the Antients and publicly read, not only in the Church of _Corinth_, as _Dionysius_ assures us, who was Bishop of that City in 180, but in many other Churches, to the Time of _Eusebius_, and St. _Jerom_[118], and perhaps long after. It was by some ranked among the Canonical Books of the Scripture, and by all reverenced next to them[119]. It was written in the Name of the whole Church of