To Diognetus 8.7

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

Summary: The Creator is loving and patient toward mankind.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:366

ὁ γὰρ δεσπότης καὶ δημιουργὸς τῶν ὅλων θεός, ὁ ποιήσας τὰ πάντα καὶ κατὰ τάξιν διακρίνας, οὐ μόνον φιλάνθρωπος ἐγένετο, ἀλλὰ καὶ μακρόθυμος.

For God, the Master and Creator of all things, who made all things and arranged them in order, not only loved mankind but was also long-suffering.

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. 8.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/8/7/).

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Diogn. 8.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/8/7/).