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Catecharium

The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

Chapter 28

4 sections

Clement of Rome

Transcribed from a dated scan; artifacts may remain. Edition notes

Since then all things are seen and heard by him, let us fear him, and leave off from foul desires of evil deeds, that we may be sheltered by his mercy from the judgments to come.

For whither can any of us fly from his mighty hand? And what world shall receive those who seek to desert from him?

For the Writing says in one place: “ Where shall I go and where shall I hide from thy presence? If I ascend into heaven thou art there, if I depart to the ends of the earth there is thy right hand; If I make my bed in the abyss there is thy spirit.”

Whither then shall a man depart or where shall he escape from him who embraces all things ?

Trans. Kirsopp Lake, The Apostolic Fathers, Volume I (Loeb Classical Library), 1912. Public domain.

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