Sophia Scriptura

To Diognetus 11.4

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

Summary: The eternal Word is ever new in the hearts of the saints.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:374

οὗτος ὁ ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, ὁ καινὸς φανεὶς καὶ παλαιὸς εὑρεθεὶς καὶ πάντοτε νέος ἐν ἁγίων καρδίαις γεννώμενος.

English · Claude translation

This is he who was from the beginning, who appeared new and was found to be old, and is ever born young in the hearts of the saints.

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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.
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Diogn. 11.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/11/4/).

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Diogn. 11.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/11/4/).

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