1 Clement 60.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Praise of God the faithful Creator, and a prayer for forgiveness.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:112

Σὺ γὰρ τὴν ἀέναον τοῦ κόσμου σύστασιν διὰ τῶν ἐνεργουμένων ἐφανεροποίησας· σύ, κύριε, τὴν οἰκουμένην ἔκτισας, ὁ πιστὸς ἐν πάσαις ταῖς γενεαῖς, δίκαιος ἐν τοῖς κρίμασιν, θαυμαστὸς ἐν ἰσχύϊ καὶ μεγαλοπρεπείᾳ, ὁ σοφὸς ἐν τῷ κτίζειν καὶ συνετὸς ἐν τῷ τὰ γενόμενα ἑδράσαι, ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἐν τοῖς ὁρωμένοις καὶ χρηστὸς ἐν τοῖς πεποιθόσιν ἐπὶ σέ, ἐλεῆμον καὶ οἰκτίρμον, ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν καὶ τὰς ἀδικίας καὶ τὰ παραπτώματα καὶ πλημμελείας.

English · Claude translation

For you, through your works, have made manifest the everlasting structure of the world. You, Lord, created the earth, you who are faithful in all generations, righteous in your judgments, marvelous in strength and majesty, wise in creating and prudent in establishing what exists, good in what is seen and kind to those who trust in you; merciful and compassionate, forgive us our lawless deeds and our unrighteousness and our transgressions and our faults.

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:112 · 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.

Scripture

Joel 2:13 · allusion, medium confidence
Deut 7:9 · echo, medium confidence

Extrabiblical texts

Sir 2:11 (Sirach) · allusion, medium confidence

Topics

Prayer

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:112

English · Claude translation

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