1 Clement 25.5

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

Summary: The priests confirm its five-hundred-year cycle.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:52–54

οἱ οὖν ἱερεῖς ἐπισκέπτονται τὰς ἀναγραφὰς τῶν χρόνων καὶ εὑρίσκουσιν αὐτὸν πεντακοσιοστοῦ ἔτους πεπληρωμένου ἐληλυθέναι.

Then the priests examine the records of the times and find that it has come at the completion of the five-hundredth year.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:52–54 · 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: Eschatology

1 Clem. 25.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/5/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 25.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/5/).