To Diognetus 11.1

Anonymous · To Diognetus · ca. 150–200 (disputed) · place unknown · Read in context

Summary: A disciple of the apostles becomes a teacher of the Gentiles.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:374

Οὐ ξένα ὁμιλῶ οὐδὲ παραλόγως ζητῶ, ἀλλὰ ἀποστόλων γενόμενος μαθητὴς γίνομαι διδάσκαλος ἐθνῶν· τὰ παραδοθέντα ἀξίως ὑπηρετῶ γινομένοις ἀληθείας μαθηταῖς.

English · Claude translation

I do not speak of strange things, nor do I inquire unreasonably; but having become a disciple of apostles I am becoming a teacher of the Gentiles; I minister worthily the things handed down to those who are becoming disciples of the truth.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 25:374 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 350–379 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published 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 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.

Notes

Translation notes

Chapters 11–12 differ in style and may come from a different work, perhaps a homily, joined to the letter in the manuscript. The phrase “disciple of apostles” gave the unknown author the traditional name “Mathetes” (“disciple”).

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Diogn. 11.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/11/1/).

Plain text

Diogn. 11.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/11/1/).

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