Medini's post:

paraphrase of Rebecca's points:

Jesus was no longer on the planet....So how do you presume he is doing this inviting?...No, Clement wrote "the Lord Jesus Christ liveth".... but more .... the living, risen Lord bids us come. Personally. Through the working of the Holy Spirit.


Medini:
Fine, Rebecca, but none of this proves that the Son/JC is G-d in Clement's eyes or part of a Trinity. In fact, your objections logically founder on the fact that Eliyahu HaNavi is no longer on this planet but still lives and relates to other Jews (the Rashbi or Arizal for example) through the ruach hakodesh that he, as a navi, possesses, and yet no Jew would claim that Eliyahu is G-d (G-d forbid) or part of a Trinity.


Malachi wrote:
Rebecca, take a look at this from the First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians:

Chapter I: "...Grace unto you, and peace, from Almighty God through Jesus Christ, be multiplied."

Chapter XLII: "The apostles have preached the gospel to us from the Lord Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ (has done so) from God. Christ therefore was sent forth by God, and the apostles by Christ."

Chapter LVIII: "May God, who seeth all things, and who is the ruler of all spirits and the Lord of all flesh - who chose our Lord Jesus Christ and us through him to be a peculiar people - grant to every soul that calleth upon his glorious and holy name, faith, fear, peace, patience, long-suffering...".

Leaving eisegesis alone and letting the material speak for itself, there is nothing suggesting that Jesus is the Almighty G-d or that he is equal to him. The Almighty G-d is presented in contradistinction to Jesus Christ. Furthermore, the Almighty G-d is pictured as superior to Christ, "sending him forth" and "choosing him" for a specific purpose.



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Medini and Malachi,
I see the sum total of what Clement wrote as quite powerful in support of the 'trinity', the divine existence of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In addition to what has already been brought forward, we know (from his chapter 5) that he thinks highly of Paul:

"...Paul by his example pointed out the prize of patient endurance. After that he had been seven times in bonds, had been driven into exile, had been stoned, had preached in the East and in the West, he won the noble renown which was the reward of his faith,

having taught righteousness unto the whole world and having reached the farthest bounds of the West;

and when he had borne his testimony before the rulers, so he departed from the world and went unto the holy place, having been found a notable pattern of patient endurance."


Paul's "testimony" before authorities included recounting the fact that the resurrected Jesus had directly confronted him as he was traveling to Damascus!

Clement was certainly aware of this claim of Paul's, and of Paul's teaching in general which pointed to Jesus' divine nature and his sinless sacrifice. So in praising Paul, Clement is in essence endorsing his theology.

Jesus, the risen Lord, is able to interact directly with mankind as He wishes from Heaven - to bring people to salvation.

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Also, this is how Clement himself describes Jesus:

This is the way, dearly beloved, wherein we found our salvation,
even Jesus Christ the High priest of our offerings, the Guardian and Helper of our weakness.

Through Him let us look steadfastly unto the heights of the heavens;
through Him we behold as in a mirror His faultless and most excellent visage; through Him the eyes of our hearts were opened; through Him our foolish and darkened mind springeth up unto the light; through Him the Master willed that we should taste of the immortal knowledge
Who being the brightness of His majesty is so much greater than angels, as He hath inherited a more excellent name.


(chap 36, reflecting Hebrews 1)
In Jesus, we behold God; in in Him salvation is found. He lives, and is even now bidding us come to salvation.
This is how Clement perceived Jesus.

Uri is right, each will take it as they will.
And isn't that the whole point?