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Short NoticesRdttfardighet ochfrid: en studie i detForsta Clemensbrevet. By Olof Andren. (With aSummary in English). Pp. 234. Stockholm: Svenska Kyrkans Diakoni-styrelses Bokfbrlag, i960. Kr. 25.00.The title of this Uppsala dissertation is based upon Clement's remark thatrighteousness and peace have disappeared from the congregation of Corinth(1 Clem.,"ill. 1). Dr. Andren endeavours to show that Clement does not use'righteousness' as a fixed term representing the doctrine of justification, andtaken over from St. Paul. It is rather a living part of the exhortations charac-teristic of 1 Clem., and is specially related to the ideal of 'peace' which it isClement's concern to emphasise against the Corinthian anarchy (9-29).The thesis is developed in three sections: (1) After a survey of earlier interpreta-tions (30-44), attention is drawn to Clement's particular ideas of righteousness andjustification, mainly found in chapters xxx and xxxii (45-7). Here, righteousnessis something which qualifies the Christian way of living and the Church,and is akin to peace; thus justification by faith implies submission to God'swill; (2) Behind this conception of righteousness there were Old Testament,Pauline and other Apostolic traditions, but some relations to Judaism andHellenism may also be observed (81-125); (3) Peace and order, destroyed bysin and zeal, have to be restored (129-205). In correspondence with the orderof Creation and the will of God, the believer must do good works, that is,such as hold the Church together. Among these are participation in worshipand respect for the ministry of the Church. This is made possible by love andmetanoia.Andren has given us a useful contribution to the study of the ApostolicFathers. Because of his cautious judgments it is not always easy to follow him. Itis evident, however, that he represents a sound and realistic view of the material.His warning against isolating the idea of righteousness and using it for dogmaticconstructions must be taken seriously.UNIVERSITY OF BASEL BO REICKEDie Christenverfolgung im rdmischen Reich. By Jacques Moreau. (Aus der Welt derReligion, Forschungen und Berichte, Heft 2). Pp. 120. Berlin: Topelmann,1961. DM. 12.00.Professor Moreau is already well known as the author of an admirableannotated edition (1954) of Lactantius, De Mortibus Persecutorum, and of avery good short book, La persecution du Christianisme dans I'empire romain (1956).The work under review is described as an enlarged version of the latter, andthose who already possess the work in French will want to know how far theGerman version is an improvement.The main difference is that there are far more footnotes, giving well chosenreferences to ancient sources and modern works. Otherwise, there are hardlyany alterations, and there is only one substantial addition—a paragraph ofnineteen lines (67), which remedies to some extent a major weakness of theFrenchversion, namely the absence of any account of the nature of the legal process118of use, available at https:/www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022046900065969Downloaded from https:/www.cambridge.org/core. University of Basel Library, on 11 Jul 2017 at 08:03:59, subject to the Cambridge Core terms

Book Review: Rättfärdighet och frid: en studie i det Första Clemensbrevet: Rättfärdighet och frid: en studie i det Första Clemensbrevet. By AndrénOlof. (With a Summary in English). Pp. 234. Stockholm: Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses Bokförlag, 1960. Kr. 25.00

Book Review: Rättfärdighet och frid: en studie i det Första Clemensbrevet: Rättfärdighet och frid: en studie i det Första Clemensbrevet. By AndrénOlof. (With a Summary in English). Pp. 234. Stockholm: Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses Bokförlag, 1960. Kr. 25.00

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