( PART 7 ) DID THE EARLIEST POST-BIBLICAL CHRISTIAN WRITERS TEACH CHRISTENDOM'S OFFICIAL DOCTRINE OF THE TRI{3}NITY? = CLEMENT OF ROME – LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS – CHAPTER 1(D)
ΚΛΗΜΕΝΤΟΣ
ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α
1ST
CLEMENT TOWARD [THE] CORINTHIANS
GREEK
TEXT: “...Ἀπροσωπο-λήμπτως γὰρ πάντα
ἐποιεῖτε καὶ ἐν
τοῖς νομίμοις τοῦ θεοῦ
ἐπορεύεσθε, ὑποτασσόμενοι τοῖς
ἡγουμένοις ὑμῶν καὶ τιμὴν τὴν
καθήκουσαν ἀπονέμοντες τοῖς παρ' ὑμῖν
πρεσβυτέροις· νέοις τε μέτρια καὶ σεμνὰ
νοεῖν ἐπετρέπετε...” - (MPG)
CLEMENT
OF ROME (circa. 30-100 C.E.):
“...[1:3] For ye did all things without
respect of persons, and walked in the laws of God, submitting
yourselves to them that have the rule over you, and giving the due
honour to the presbyters that are among you...” - (CHAPTER
1:1-3; THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS translated by
Charles H. Hoole, 1885.)
CLEMENT
OF ROME (circa. 30-100 C.E.):
“...[1:3] For ye did all things without
respect of persons, and ye walked after the ordinances of God,
submitting yourselves to your rulers and rendering to the older men
among you the honor which is their due...” - (Chapter 1:1-3; THE
FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS Translated by J.B.
Lightfoot.)
CLEMENT
OF ROME (circa. 30-100 C.E.):
“...For you did all things without respect of
persons, and walked in the commandments of God, being obedient to
those who had the rule over you, and giving all fitting honour to the
presbyters among you...” - (CHAPTER 1 -- SALUTATION, AND PRAISE
FOR THE CORINTHIANS BEFORE SCHISM BROKE FORTH AMONG THEM. CLEMENT OF
ROME, First Epistle/Letter of Clement to the Corinthians .)
Note
Lightfoots translation of Gk., ( πρεσβυτέροις ) as
“...older men...”
