# Sophia Scriptura

> A free reference library for studying the Bible by what its authors meant: early church writings in Greek and Latin with fresh English translations, exact edition references, and ready-made citations.

Sophia Scriptura is produced by Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic, under the direction of an anonymous editor. Every translation is a Claude translation made from the original Greek or Latin, and every original text names the edition it was taken from (for Migne, volume and column, e.g. "PG 5:724A"). Uncertain dates, places, and attributions are marked as uncertain.

## Sections

- [Early church writings](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/): Writings of the early church in the original Greek and Latin, with Claude translations, edition references, and SBL citations.
- [About](https://sophiascriptura.com/about/): how the site is made, sources, license, and how to cite it.

## How pages are organized

- Each citable passage has one permanent URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/<work-id>/<chapter>/<section>/ (e.g. https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-polycarp/5/2/).
- Each passage page has a Markdown version at the same URL plus "index.md".
- Passage pages carry schema.org JSON-LD with the original text, translation, translator, and citation.

## Works

- [Didache](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/) (Did.), ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100)
- [1 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/) (1 Clem.), ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100)
- [To Polycarp](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-polycarp/) (Ign. Pol.), ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)
- [To the Ephesians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-ephesians/) (Ign. Eph.), ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)
- [To the Magnesians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/) (Ign. Magn.), ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)
- [To the Philadelphians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/) (Ign. Phld.), ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)
- [To the Romans](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/) (Ign. Rom.), ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)
- [To the Smyrnaeans](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-smyrnaeans/) (Ign. Smyrn.), ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)
- [To the Trallians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/) (Ign. Trall.), ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)
- [To the Philippians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/pol-philippians/) (Pol. Phil.), ca. 110–135
- [Martyrdom of Polycarp](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/) (Mart. Pol.), ca. 156–160

## How to cite

Use the SBL-style footnote shown on each passage page, for example:
Ignatius, Pol. 5.2 (PG 5:NNNA); trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-polycarp/5/2/.

## Data and license

- Site content (translations, notes, data): public domain (CC0 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Free to use for any purpose; no attribution required.
- Original texts: public domain or openly licensed editions, as noted per work.
- Bulk JSON downloads will be listed here when the first texts are published.

## Contact

- Corrections: sophiascriptura.com@gmail.com