1 Clement 25.4

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

Summary: It lays them on the altar of the sun.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:52

καὶ ἡμέρας, βλεπόντων πάντων, ἐπιπτὰς ἐπὶ τὸν τοῦ ἡλίου βωμὸν τίθησιν αὐτὰ καὶ οὕτως εἰς τοὐπίσω ἀφορμᾷ.

and in the daytime, in the sight of all, it flies to the altar of the sun, places them there, and so sets off back again.

Source: Lake, LCL 24:52 · 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: Eschatology

1 Clem. 25.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/4/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 25.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/25/4/).