To Diognetus 2.4

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

Summary: Idols are deaf, blind, and lifeless.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:352

οὐ ταῦτα πάλιν, τὰ νῦν ὑφʼ ὑμῶν προσκυνούμενα, δύναιτʼ ἂν ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπων σκεύη ὅμοια γενέσθαι τοῖς λοιποῖς; οὐ κωφὰ πάντα; οὐ τυφλά; οὐκ ἄψυχα; οὐκ ἀναίσθητα; οὐκ ἀκίνητα; οὐ πάντα σηπόμενα; οὐ πάντα φθειρόμενα;

English · Claude translation

Could not these again, which are now worshiped by you, be made by men into vessels like the rest? Are they not all deaf? Blind? Lifeless? Senseless? Motionless? Are they not all rotting? All decaying?

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Source

Lake, LCL 25:352 · 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.

Scripture

Ps 115:5 (113:13 LXX) · echo, medium confidence
Ps 115:6 (113:14 LXX) · echo, medium confidence

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Diogn. 2.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/2/4/).

Plain text

Diogn. 2.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/2/4/).

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