Hermas
Mandate I
§1.1 Πρῶτον πάντων πίστευσον, ὅτι εἷς ἐστὶν ὁ θεός, ὁ τὰ πάντα κτίσας καὶ καταρτίσας καὶ ποιήσας ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος εἰς τὸ εἶναι τὰ πάντα καὶ πάντα χωρῶν, μόνος δὲ ἀχώρητος ὤν.
§1.2 πίστευσον οὖν αὐτῷ καὶ φοβήθητι αὐτόν, φοβηθεὶς δὲ ἐγκράτευσαι. ταῦτα φύλασσε, καὶ ἀποβαλεῖς πᾶσαν πονηρίαν ἀπὸ σεαυτοῦ καὶ ἐνδύσῃ πᾶσαν ἀρετὴν δικαιοσύνης καὶ ζήσῃ τῷ θεῷ, ἐὰν φυλάξῃς τὴν ἐντολὴν ταύτην.
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Funk 1912
Funk–Bihlmeyer, 1912
The Editor

Kirsopp Lake (1872–1946) was a British-American biblical scholar and textual critic who spent most of his career at Harvard University. A specialist in New Testament manuscripts and early Christian texts, Lake produced the Loeb Classical Library edition of the Apostolic Fathers (2 volumes, 1912–1913). His expertise in early Christian Greek and manuscript traditions made him ideally suited for this work.

About This Edition

Lake's Loeb edition of the Apostolic Fathers presents these early Christian texts — including the letters of Clement, Ignatius, and Polycarp, the Didache, and the Shepherd of Hermas — with facing English translations. The Greek text follows established critical editions. Lake's translations were clear and accessible, bringing these important early Christian documents to a wider English-speaking audience.

Translator

Kirsopp Lake (Loeb Classical Library)

Text Basis

Text based on Funk–Bihlmeyer edition (Die Apostolischen Väter, 1901). Kirsopp Lake translated for the Loeb Classical Library.

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