Clement and holiness

In Chapters 28-30 Clement urges his readers to holiness. There are some interesting points to look at here:

(1) Clement presents the church as the one which takes on the role and the status which in the OT belonged to Israel.

(2) It is because the church is the holy portion of God and recipient of his blessings that holiness becomes so important.

(3) Clement seems to believe that those Christians who do not live holy lives, will need to be in fear of some form of future judgement.