Sophia Scriptura

2 Clement 20.5

Anonymous · 2 Clement · ca. 100–150 · place unknown · Read in context

Summary: Closing doxology to the invisible God who sent the Savior.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:162

Τῷ μόνῳ θεῷ ἀοράτῳ, πατρὶ τῆς ἀληθείας, τῷ ἐξαποστείλαντι ἡμῖν τὸν σωτῆρα καὶ ἀρχηγὸν τῆς ἀφθαρσίας, διʼ οὗ καὶ ἐφανέρωσεν ἡμῖν τὴν ἀλήθειαν καὶ τὴν ἐπουράνιον ζωήν, αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν. Κλήμεντος πρὸς Κορινθίους ἐπιστολὴ β.

English · Claude translation

To the only God, invisible, the Father of truth, who sent forth to us the Savior and Author of incorruption, through whom he also revealed to us the truth and the heavenly life, to him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. [The second letter of Clement to the Corinthians.]

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:162 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 128–161 · 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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Christology

Notes

Translation notes

  • The last line is the title under which the manuscript transmits the sermon.

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2 Clem. 20.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/20/5/).

Plain text
2 Clem. 20.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/20/5/).

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