1 Clement 37.2

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

Summary: Soldiers obey their commanders in good order.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:70–72

κατανοήσωμεν τοὺς στρατευομένους τοῖς ἡγουμένοις ἡμῶν, πῶς εὐτάκτως, πῶς ἑκτικῶς, πῶς ὑποτεταγμένως ἐπιτελοῦσιν τὰ διατασσόμενα.

Let us consider those who serve as soldiers under our commanders: how orderly, how readily, how submissively they carry out what is commanded.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:70–72 · 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.
Topics: Church office

“Our commanders” (τοῖς ἡγουμένοις ἡμῶν): the Roman army; or possibly “our rulers,” the emperor's officers.

1 Clem. 37.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/2/).

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1 Clem. 37.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/37/2/).