Note 1 — Chapter XII · IN THEIR PROPER REPOSITORIES.

Mr. Waite assumes that Clement did not hold to a literal resurrection. Clement’s language admits of no such construction, although in writing to Christians who understood all about it, he was not as definite upon this point, as Justin in his address to a different class. Clement refers to the resurrection in c. 24: “Let us consider, beloved, how the Lord continually proves to us that there shall be a future resurrection, of which he has rendered the Lord Jesus Christ the first fruits by raising him from the dead.” And again in c. 42, after saying that the Apostles were commissioned, he adds: “Having therefore, received their order, and being fully assured by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and established in the Word of God, with full assurance of the Holy Ghost, they went forth proclaiming that the kingdom of God was at hand.” The force of this language is not controlled by any means, by reference to the day’s following the night, and the springing up of the fruits of the earth, from the sowing of the seed.