Sophia Scriptura

1 Clement 43.6

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

Summary: Moses acted to prevent disorder.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:82

τί δοκεῖτε, ἀγαπητοί; οὐ προῄδει Μωϋσῆς τοῦτο μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι; μάλιστα ᾔδει· ἀλλʼ ἵνα μὴ ἀκαταστασία γένηται ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ, οὕτως ἐποίησεν, εἰς τὸ δοξασθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ καὶ μόνου θεοῦ· ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.

English · Claude translation

What do you think, beloved? Did not Moses know beforehand that this would happen? Certainly he knew. But so that there might be no disorder in Israel, he did this, so that the name of the true and only God might be glorified; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:82 · 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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Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): ᾦ ἡ δόξα → ᾧ ἡ δόξα.

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1 Clem. 43.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/6/).

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1 Clem. 43.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/43/6/).

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