The series is devoted to Christian texts from the Greek-speaking parts of the ancient Roman Empire. Published since 1897 (first in Leipzig, then in Berlin) by the Royal Prussian Academy under the project Griechische Christliche Schriftsteller, which was continued by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy, the series offers large critical editions accompanied by historical introductions and indices of those works that have not been included in other major editions. When complete, the series will provide complete coverage of the first three centuries.
The volume contains the oldest and most comprehensive form of the Greek biography of St. Clement, Bishop of Rome and successor to St. Peter. It was put together by an unknown author, perhaps as early as the fifth century, certainly before the tenth, and was used as a reading by the Greek Church on the saint's feast-day. Apart from its significance for the history of religion and language history, it is of particular interest to literary scholars.
Franz Xaver Risch, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
"Die Ausgabe schließt eine empfindliche Forschungslücke der frühchristlichen Apokryphen und stellt die Erforschung der Pseudoklementinen hinsichtlich der Klemens-Biographie auf eine neue Grundlage."Meinholf Vielberg in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 3/2010
