1 Clement 44.1

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

Summary: The apostles foresaw strife over the office of bishop.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:82

Καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι ἡμῶν ἔγνωσαν διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὅτι ἔρις ἔσται ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς.

Our apostles also knew through our Lord Jesus Christ that there would be strife over the office of bishop.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:82 · 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

“The office of bishop” (τοῦ ὀνόματος τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς): literally “the name of the oversight.”

1 Clem. 44.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/1/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 44.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/1/).