• Didjareadit?1. Both Clement and Ignatius are Fathers from the

__________________ patristic era.

2. St. Clement’s only surviving text is his letter to the ____________.

3. This letter (in #2) includes a prayer for _______________________.

4. This letter (in #2) points to the pre-eminance of the Church of ____________ (what city) and the importance of obeying its Bishop.

5. What is the problem that Clement is addressing to the Church in this letter?

6. Traditionally it is believed that St. Clement was the fourth _________ in the Catholic Church.

7. The first Epistle of Clement was written to what group of people?

8. What does the name “Theophoras” mean?

9. Ignatius served as the Bishop of _______________ (city).

10. Ignatius was a disciple of which Apostle?

11. How did Ignatius feel about what is soon going to happen to him?

12. How did Ignatius die?

Apostolic Fathers• The Apostolic Fathers are a small number of 

Early Christian authors who lived and wrote in the second half of the 1st century and the first half of the 2nd century.

•  They are acknowledged as leaders in the early church, although their writings were not included in the New Testament.

• The label "Apostolic Fathers" has been applied to them since the 17th century to indicate that they were thought of as being of the generation that had personal contact with the Twelve Apostles. Thus they provide a link between the Apostles - who had personal contact Jesus - and the later generation of Church Fathers: 

• Christian apologists, defenders of orthodoxy, and developers of doctrine.

MARTYRDOM OF POPE CLEMENT

BASILICA OF SAN CLEMENTE IN ROME

St. Ignatius of Antioch

Some 1st Ctry. Christian Artfound in Catacombs of Rome

Madonna and Child

Earliest known Madonna from 1st Ctry Catacomb of St. Priscilla in Rome.

Christ the philosopher – seated much like Socrates with his disciples – notice the Greek toga.

The Good Shepherd (of Hermas)

The “FISH”

Christian symbols of two fish and what appears to be a trident, which was probably a disguise for the cross symbol, which might identify the person as a Christian and subject his family to persecution. Catacombs. Pictures of Crucifixion didn’t appear until about 4th Ctry.

Ichthys • Ichthys is ancient Greek word for FISH.• used by Early Christians as a secret symbol[1] and

now known colloquially as the "sign of the fish" or the "Jesus fish."

• Ichthys can be read as an acrostic :– Iota (i) is the first letter of Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς), Greek for "Jesus".– Chi (ch) is the first letter of Christos (Χριστός), Greek for

"anointed".– Theta (th) is the first letter of Theou (Θεοῦ), Greek for

"God's", the genitive case of Θεóς,Theos, Greek for "God".– Upsilon (u) is the first letter of huios (Υἱός), Greek for "Son".– Sigma (s) is the first letter of sōtēr (Σωτήρ), Greek for

"Savior".

The Alexamenos Graffito

The graffito shown below is from first century (AD) Rome. Thought to have been scratched on a beam of plaster somewhere on the Palatine Hill in Rome.

The significance of this graffito is the portrayal (or caricature) of early Christianity by the average Roman. It obviously mocks a Christian, suggesting that his worship is ill-founded. The human figure with the ass head on the cross is presumably Jesus, which may represent the old calumny against Jews that they worshipped an ass. Says in Greek, “"Alexamenos worshipping God.”

Earliest Known Christian Hymn

• Outside of the Hymns in the New Testament (for which we have no known music), the earliest known hymn is found in the eastern tradition: the Phos Hilaron or in English, “O Gladsome Light.”

• This hymn was mentioned by St. Jerome in about 150 AD as already having been an “old hymn” in the Church.

• Verbatim translation

– O Light gladsome of the holy glory of the Immortal Father,

• the Heavenly, the Holy, the Blessed, O Jesus Christ,

– having come upon the setting of the sun, having seen the light of the evening,

• we praise the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: God.

– Worthy it is at all times to praise Thee in joyful voices,• O Son of God, Giver of Live, for which the world

glorifies Thee.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifZmG01v0YU