# To Diognetus 11.4

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [To Diognetus](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/) (*Epistula ad Diognetum*)
- Date: ca. 150–200 (disputed) (disputed)
- 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/11/4/

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

## Greek text

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

## English translation (Claude)

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.

## Scripture references

- 1 John 1:1: echo, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

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