To Diognetus 7.9

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

Summary: This is the power of God, not of man.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:366

ταῦτα ἀνθρώπου οὐ δοκεῖ τὰ ἔργα· ταῦτα δύναμίς ἐστι θεοῦ· ταῦτα τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ δείγματα.

These do not seem to be the works of a man; these are the power of God; these are proofs of his presence.

Source: Lake, LCL 25:366 · 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.

Diogn. 7.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/7/9/).

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Diogn. 7.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/7/9/).