# To Diognetus 5.6

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [To Diognetus](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/) (*Epistula ad Diognetum*)
- Date: ca. 150–200 (disputed) (disputed)
- 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/5/6/

Summary: They marry and have children, but do not abandon infants.

## Greek text

γαμοῦσιν ὡς πάντες, τεκνογονοῦσιν· ἀλλʼ οὐ ῥίπτουσι τὰ γεννώμενα.

## English translation (Claude)

They marry like everyone; they have children; but they do not expose their offspring.

## Translation notes

- “Expose” (ῥίπτουσι): abandon newborns to die, a common practice in the Roman world; compare Did. 2.2; Barn. 19.5.

## Citation (SBL)

Diogn. 5.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/5/6/).