Pope Saint Clement I ~~~ They who are placed over the Churches must guard the Faith with exactness...
"By the word of His majesty He has set up all things, and by a word He can overturn them."
Saint Clement
"Let us fix our eyes on Christ's blood and understand how precious it is to His Father, for poured out for our salvation it has brought to the whole world the grace of repentance."
Saint Clement
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"In order that the mission entrusted to them might be continued after their death, [the apostles] ... designated such men and made the ruling that likewise on their death other men should take over their ministry."
Saint Clement
"Grant to them, Lord, health, peace, concord, and stability, so that they may exercise without offense the sovereignty that you have given them."
Saint Clement
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ~ A Vision of the Trinity appearing to Pope Saint Clement
Why I never understood the Benedict resignation:
"Our Apostles also knew, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that there would be contention over the bishop's office. So, for this cause, having received complete foreknowledge, they appointed the above mentioned men, and afterwards gave them a permanent character, so that, AS THEY DIED, other approved men should succeed to their ministry."
Saint Clement, Bishop of Rome, Letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 44. First Century