1 Clement 20.4

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

Summary: The earth yields food in its seasons.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:42–44

γῆ κυοφοροῦσα κατὰ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἰδίοις καιροῖς τὴν πανπληθῆ ἀνθρώποις τε καὶ θηρσὶν καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς οὖσιν ἐπʼ αὐτῆς ζώοις ἀνατέλλει τροφήν, μὴ διχοστατοῦσα μηδὲ ἀλλοιοῦσά τι τῶν δεδογματισμένων ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ.

English · Claude translation

The earth, bearing fruit according to his will in its proper seasons, brings forth abundant food for human beings and beasts and all the living things upon it, without dissent and without altering any of his decrees.

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Source: Lake, LCL 24:42–44 · 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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1 Clem. 20.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/4/).

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1 Clem. 20.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/4/).

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