{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">The apostles have preached the gospel to us from<a id=\"r176\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f176\"><sup>[176]</sup></a> the Lord\r\nJesus Christ; Jesus Christ [has done so] from<a id=\"r177\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f177\"><sup>[177]</sup></a> God. Christ\r\ntherefore was sent forth by God, and the apostles by Christ.\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_37\">37</span>Both these appointments,<a id=\"r178\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f178\"><sup>[178]</sup></a> then, were made in an orderly way,\r\naccording to the will of God. Having therefore received\r\ntheir orders, and being fully assured by the resurrection of\r\nour Lord Jesus Christ, and established<a id=\"r179\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f179\"><sup>[179]</sup></a> in the word of God,\r\nwith full assurance of the Holy Ghost, they went forth proclaiming\r\nthat the kingdom of God was at hand. And thus\r\npreaching through countries and cities, they appointed the\r\nfirst fruits [of their labours], having first proved them by the\r\nSpirit,<a id=\"r180\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f180\"><sup>[180]</sup></a> to be bishops and deacons of those who should afterwards\r\nbelieve. Nor was this any new thing, since indeed\r\nmany ages before it was written concerning bishops and\r\ndeacons. For thus saith the Scripture in a certain place,\r\n“I will appoint their bishops<a id=\"r181\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f181\"><sup>[181]</sup></a> in righteousness, and their\r\ndeacons<a id=\"r182\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f182\"><sup>[182]</sup></a> in faith.”<a id=\"r183\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f183\"><sup>[183]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT.","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS.","Chap. xlii.—The order of ministers in the church."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-86"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"72867456ad7629ed9f0380a78c714749e018eaf85d23ae2f5b22291b16d941bb","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f181","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f181","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f181\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r181\">181</a>. </span>Or, “overseers.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f181","text_sha256":"5557c6037f2814f99a07534569802ddda30981f565138f0467d22b92c8c74f32","verified":false,"work_id":null}