1 Clement 55.1

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

Summary: Pagan rulers gave their lives or went into exile for their people.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:100–102

Ἵνα δὲ καὶ ὑποδείγματα ἐθνῶν ἐνέγκωμεν· πολλοὶ βασιλεῖς καὶ ἡγούμενοι, λοιμικοῦ τινος ἐνστάντος καιροῦ, χρησμοδοτηθέντες παρέδωκαν ἑαυτοὺς εἰς θάνατον, ἵνα ῥύσωνται διὰ τοῦ ἑαυτῶν αἵματος τοὺς πολίτας· πολλοὶ ἐξεχώρησαν ἰδίων πόλεων, ἵνα μὴ στασιάζωσιν ἐπὶ πλεῖον.

English · Claude translation

But to bring forward examples from the Gentiles as well: many kings and rulers, when some time of plague came, instructed by oracles, have given themselves up to death, so that they might rescue their citizens through their own blood. Many have left their own cities, so that factions might not continue.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:100–102 · 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: Ethics

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Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (raised dot for full stop)): ἐνέγκωμεν. πολλοὶ → ἐνέγκωμεν· πολλοὶ.

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1 Clem. 55.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/1/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 55.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/1/).

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