To Diognetus 5.10

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

Summary: They obey the laws and live above them.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:360

πείθονται τοῖς ὡρισμένοις νόμοις, καὶ τοῖς ἰδίοις βίοις νικῶσι τοὺς νόμους.

They obey the established laws, and in their own lives they surpass the laws.

Source: Lake, LCL 25:360 · 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.
Topics: Ethics

Diogn. 5.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/5/10/).

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Diogn. 5.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/5/10/).