Library

The writings of the Apostolic Fathers

Footnotes

Project Gutenberg EPUB edition Clement I, Pope, Hermas, active 2nd century, Ignatius, Saint, Bishop of Antioch, Papias, Saint, Bishop of Hierapolis, Polycarp, Saint, Bishop of Smyrna, Crombie, Frederick, Donaldson, James, Sir, and Roberts, Alexander

Source notes

Open passage
162. Literally, “all breathe together.”
Open passage
163. Literally, “use one subjection.”
Open passage
164. Literally, “according as he has been placed in his charism.”
Open passage
166. The MS. is here slightly torn, and we are left to conjecture.
Open passage
168. Literally, “and silly and uninstructed.”
Open passage
171. Some render, “they perished at the gates.”
Open passage
172. Job iv. 16-18, xv. 15, iv. 19-21, v. 1-5.
Open passage
173. Some join κατὰ καιροὺς τεταγμένους, “at stated times,” to the next sentence.
Open passage
178. Literally, “both things were done.”
Open passage
180. Or, “having tested them in spirit.”
Open passage
183. Isa.lx. 17, Sept.; but the text is here altered by Clement. The LXX. have, “I will give thy rulers in peace, and thy overseers in righteousness.”
Open passage
185. Literally, “every tribe being written according to its name.”
Open passage
187. Literally, “on account of the title of the oversight.” Some understand this to mean, “in regard to the dignity of the episcopate;” and others simply, “on account of the oversight.”
Open passage
188. The meaning of this passage is much controverted. Some render, “left a list of other approved persons;” while others translate the unusual word ἐπινομὴ, which causes the difficulty, by “testamentary direction,” and many others deem the text corrupt. We have given what seems the simplest version of the text as it stands.
Open passage
191. Literally, “presented the offerings.”
Open passage
199. Literally, “to such examples it is right that we should cleave.”

Source attribution

The writings of the Apostolic Fathers, Project Gutenberg eBook #77576

INDEX OF TEXTS.