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1 Clement 37.3

Clement of Rome · 1 Clement · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Each soldier serves in his own rank.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:72

οὐ πάντες εἰσὶν ἔπαρχοι οὐδὲ χιλίαρχοι οὐδὲ ἑκατόνταρχοι οὐδὲ πεντηκόνταρχοι οὐδὲ τὸ καθεξῆς, ἀλλʼ ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν ἡγουμένων ἐπιτελεῖ.

English · Claude translation

Not all are prefects or tribunes or centurions or captains of fifty and so on; but each in his own rank carries out what is commanded by the emperor and the commanders.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:72 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
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Notes

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong ending)): ἑκατόνταρχαι → ἑκατόνταρχοι.

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1 Clem. 37.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/3/).

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1 Clem. 37.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/3/).

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