1 Clement 20.6

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

Summary: The sea keeps within its bounds.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:44

τὸ κύτος τῆς ἀπείρου θαλάσσης κατὰ τὴν δημιουργίαν αὐτοῦ συσταθὲν εἰς τὰς συναγωγὰς οὐ παρεκβαίνει τὰ περιτεθειμένα αὐτῇ κλεῖθρα, ἀλλὰ καθὼς διέταξεν αὐτῇ, οὕτως ποιεῖ.

English · Claude translation

The hollow of the boundless sea, gathered together by his workmanship into its collections, does not pass the barriers set around it, but does as he appointed for it.

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Source: Lake, LCL 24:44 · 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.

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1 Clem. 20.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/6/).

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1 Clem. 20.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/6/).

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