To Diognetus 5.7

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

Summary: They share meals, but not beds.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:360

τράπεζαν κοινὴν παρατίθενται, ἀλλʼ οὐ κοίτην.

They share a common table, but not a common bed.

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

A rebuttal of pagan rumors that Christians practiced sexual promiscuity at their gatherings.

Diogn. 5.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/5/7/).

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Diogn. 5.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/5/7/).