Sophia Scriptura

1 Clement 33.3

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

Summary: God made and ordered heaven, earth, and sea.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:62–64

τῷ γὰρ παμμεγεθεστάτῳ αὐτοῦ κράτει οὐρανοὺς ἐστήρισεν καὶ τῇ ἀκαταλήπτῳ αὐτοῦ συνέσει διεκόσμησεν αὐτούς· γῆν τε διεχώρισεν ἀπὸ τοῦ περιέχοντος αὐτὴν ὕδατος καὶ ἥδρασεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἀσφαλῆ τοῦ ἰδίου βουλήματος θεμέλιον· τά τε ἐν αὐτῇ ζῶα φοιτῶντα τῇ ἑαυτοῦ διατάξει ἐκέλευσεν εἶναι· θάλασσαν καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ζῶα προετοιμάσας ἐνέκλεισεν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ δυνάμει.

English · Claude translation

For by his supreme power he established the heavens, and by his incomprehensible understanding he set them in order. He separated the earth from the water surrounding it and set it firm on the secure foundation of his own will. The living creatures that roam on it he commanded to exist by his own decree. Having prepared the sea and the creatures in it, he enclosed them by his own power.

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Lake, LCL 24:62–64 · 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. 33.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/3/).

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1 Clem. 33.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/33/3/).

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