Sophia Scriptura

1 Clement 42.4

Clement of Rome · 1 Clement · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Rome · Read in context

Summary: The apostles appointed bishops and deacons from their first converts.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:80

κατὰ χώρας οὖν καὶ πόλεις κηρύσσοντες καθίστανον τὰς ἀπαρχὰς αὐτῶν, δοκιμάσαντες τῷ πνεύματι, εἰς ἐπισκόπους καὶ διακόνους τῶν μελλόντων πιστεύειν.

English · Claude translation

So, preaching in country and city, they appointed their firstfruits, after testing them by the Spirit, to be bishops and deacons of those who would believe.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:80 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in Lake, LCL 24. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
Compare
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made) · That translation lacks 57.7–63.4 (a missing leaf in its manuscript); vol. 9 (1896) translates the complete text.
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Notes

Translation notes

  • In 1 Clement the “bishops” (overseers) appear to be the same people as the presbyters (compare 44.4–5; 57.1); see the glossary.

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1 Clem. 42.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/42/4/).

Plain text
1 Clem. 42.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/42/4/).

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