1 Clement 20.8

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

Summary: The ocean and the worlds beyond it obey God.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:44

ὠκεανὸς ἀπέραντος ἀνθρώποις καὶ οἱ μετʼ αὐτὸν κόσμοι ταῖς αὐταῖς ταγαῖς τοῦ δεσπότου διευθύνονται.

The ocean, impassable for human beings, and the worlds beyond it are directed by the same ordinances of the Master.

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.

“The worlds beyond it”: lands thought to lie beyond the ocean that surrounds the known world.

1 Clem. 20.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/8/).

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1 Clem. 20.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/20/8/).