1 Clement 54.2

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

Summary: Let the ringleaders withdraw so the church can be at peace with its presbyters.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:100

εἰπάτω· Εἰ διʼ ἐμὲ στάσις καὶ ἔρις καὶ σχίσματα, ἐκχωρῶ, ἄπειμι, οὗ ἐὰν βούλησθε, καὶ ποιῶ τὰ προστασσόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ πλήθους· μόνον τὸ ποίμνιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰρηνευέτω μετὰ τῶν καθεσταμένων πρεσβυτέρων.

English · Claude translation

Let him say: “If faction and strife and schisms have arisen because of me, I will withdraw; I will go away wherever you wish, and I will do what the congregation commands; only let the flock of Christ be at peace with its appointed presbyters.”

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:100 · 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

“The congregation” (τοῦ πλήθους): literally “the multitude,” the whole assembly of the church.

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1 Clem. 54.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/54/2/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 54.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/54/2/).

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