To Diognetus 2.10

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

Summary: Enough has been said about idols.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:354

περὶ μὲν οὖν τοῦ μὴ δεδουλῶσθαι Χριστιανοὺς τοιούτοις θεοῖς πολλὰ μὲν ἂν καὶ ἄλλα εἰπεῖν ἔχοιμι· εἰ δέ τινι μὴ δοκοίη κἂν ταῦτα ἱκανά, περισσὸν ἡγοῦμαι καὶ τὸ πλείω λέγειν.

English · Claude translation

Concerning the Christians not being enslaved to such gods I could say many other things; but if these things do not seem sufficient to anyone, I think it superfluous to say more.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:354 · 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. 2.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/2/10/).

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Diogn. 2.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/2/10/).

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