{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Let us then, men and brethren, with all energy act the\r\npart of soldiers, in accordance with His holy commandments.\r\nLet us consider those who serve under our generals, with\r\nwhat order, obedience, and submissiveness they perform the\r\nthings which are commanded them. All are not prefects,\r\nnor commanders of a thousand, nor of a hundred, nor of\r\nfifty, nor the like, but each one in his own rank performs the\r\nthings commanded by the king and the generals. The great\r\ncannot subsist without the small, nor the small without the\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_34\">34</span>great. There is a kind of mixture in all things, and thence\r\narises mutual advantage.<a id=\"r160\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f160\"><sup>[160]</sup></a> Let us take our body for an example.<a id=\"r161\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f161\"><sup>[161]</sup></a>\r\nThe head is nothing without the feet, and the feet\r\nare nothing without the head; yea, the very smallest members\r\nof our body are necessary and useful to the whole body.\r\nBut all work<a id=\"r162\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f162\"><sup>[162]</sup></a> harmoniously together, and are under one\r\ncommon rule<a id=\"r163\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f163\"><sup>[163]</sup></a> for the preservation of the whole body.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT.","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS.","Chap. xxxvii.—Christ is our Leader, and we His soldiers."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-81"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"eea8edba61d71229224c151334de27378387cf9585b4a062f40abdbefbd92dc1","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f162","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f162","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f162\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r162\">162</a>. </span>Literally, “all breathe together.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f162","text_sha256":"752efc56010fa0e231f0877a3c6e00dc2afdcd3820cb842e7c47abc35edcffca","verified":false,"work_id":null}