1 Clement 44.5

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

Summary: Blessed are the presbyters who died in office.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:84

μακάριοι οἱ προοδοιπορήσαντες πρεσβύτεροι, οἵτινες ἔγκαρπον καὶ τελείαν ἔσχον τὴν ἀνάλυσιν· οὐ γὰρ εὐλαβοῦνται μή τις αὐτοὺς μεταστήσῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱδρυμένου αὐτοῖς τόπου.

English · Claude translation

Blessed are the presbyters who have gone on ahead, whose departure was fruitful and complete; for they need not fear that anyone will remove them from the place established for them.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:84 · 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

Notes

Translation notes

Here “presbyters” are evidently the same people called “bishops” in 44.4.

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1 Clem. 44.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/5/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 44.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/44/5/).

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