Apocrypha · Chapter 6 of 65
Letter to the Corinthians
To these men of holy life was gathered a great multitude of the elect.
2Who through envy suffered many outrages and tortures and became excellent examples among us.
3Through envy, women were persecuted, Danaids and Dirces, suffering cruel and impious punishments.
4Having run with firmness the race of faith, they received a noble prize, though weak in body.
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About 1 Clement
A letter from the church of Rome to the church of Corinth around the year 96, trying to reverse the deposition of presbyters. The oldest Christian document outside the New Testament.