1 Clement 6.1

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

Summary: A great multitude of Roman Christians also suffered.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:18

Τούτοις τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ὁσίως πολιτευσαμένοις συνηθροίσθη πολὺ πλῆθος ἐκλεκτῶν, οἵτινες πολλαῖς αἰκίαις καὶ βασάνοις διὰ ζῆλος παθόντες ὑπόδειγμα κάλλιστον ἐγένοντο ἐν ἡμῖν.

English · Claude translation

To these men who lived holy lives there was gathered a great multitude of the elect, who suffered many indignities and tortures because of jealousy and became a most noble example among us.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:18 · 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: Martyrdom, Persecution

Notes

Translation notes

Probably the victims of Nero's persecution in Rome (AD 64).

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1 Clem. 6.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/6/1/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 6.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/6/1/).

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