the first epistle of clement () is a letter addressed to the christians in the city of corinth. the letter was composed at some time between ad 70 and ad 140, most likely around 96. it ranks with didache as one of the earliest—if not the earliest—of extant christian documents outside the canonical new testament. as the name suggests, a second epistle of clement is known, but this is a later work by a different author. neither 1 nor 2 clement are part of the canonical new testament, but they are part of the apostolic fathers collection.