Letters of Ignatius (Long Recension) 6.0–8.10

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Pseudonymous: The long recension is a reworking of the seven genuine letters of Ignatius (expanded throughout) together with six letters composed in his name (Mary of Cassobola to Ignatius, Ignatius to Mary, Tarsians, Antiochenes, Hero, Philippians). It is generally ascribed to a single 4th-century compiler, probably in Syria (often linked with the compiler of the Apostolic Constitutions). The genuine short recension is published separately on this site (Ign. Eph., Ign. Magn., etc.).

Greek text: PG 5.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0). Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885).

Chapter 6

6.0PG 5

Ἰγνάτιος, ὁ καὶ Θεοφόρος, ᾿Εκχλησίᾳ Θεοῦ Πα’ τρὸς ὑψίστου, καὶ τοῦ ἠγαπημένου ΥἹοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἠεημένῃ ἐν παντὶ χαρίσματι, πεπληροφαρημένῃ " ἐν πίστει καὶ ἀγάπῃ͵ ἀγυστερήτῳ οὔσῃ παντὸς χαρίσματος, θεοπρεπεστάτῃ καὶ ἀγιοφόρῳ, τῇ οὔσῃ ἐν Σμύρνῃ τῆς Ἀσίας ἐν ἀμώμῳ Πνεύματι καὶ Λόγῳ

Ignatios, ho kai Theophoros, ᾿Ekchlēsią Theou Pa’ tros hypsistou, kai tou ēgapēmenou HuIou autou Iēsou Christou, ēeēmenę̄ en panti charismati, peplēropharēmenę̄ " en pistei kai agapę̄͵ agysterētǭ ousę̄ pantos charismatos, theoprepestatę̄ kai agiophorǭ, tę̄ ousę̄ en Smyrnę̄ tēs Asias en amōmǭ Pneumati kai Logǭ

Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the church of God the most high Father and of his beloved Son Jesus Christ, which has obtained mercy in every gift, filled with faith and love, lacking in no gift, most worthy of God and bearing holiness, which is at Smyrna in Asia, in a blameless spirit and the word …

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Summary: Ignatius greets the church at Smyrna.

Long recension of Ignatius, To the Smyrnaeans, inscription; the ref breaks off before the greeting (“of God, abundant greeting”).

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 6.0 (PG 5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-6-0). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne PG 5–6 (archive.org OCR; slips, Migne's Latin and notes removed as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 1 where it has the text; otherwise re-read against the Greek.

6.1PG 5:848

Δοξάξω τὸν Θεὸν καὶ Πατέρα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τὸν δι᾽ αὐτοῦ οὕτως ὑμᾶς σοἀχινήτῳ πίστει ὥσπερ χαθηλωμένους ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, σαρχί τε καὶ πνεύματι" καὶ ἡδρασμένους ἐν ἀγάπῃ ἐν τῷ αἷ- ματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ, πεπληροφορημένους, ὡς ἀλη- Α θώς, εἰς τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν, τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ Υἱὸν, τὸν πρωτότοκον: πάσης κχτίσβως, τὸν θεὸν Λόγον, τὸν μονογενῆ Υἱὸν, ὄντα δὲ ἐχ γένους Δαδὶδ χατὰ σάρχα, ἐκ Μαρίας τῆς παρθένου " βεθαπτισμένον ὑπὸ Ἰωάννου, ἴγα πληρωθῇ πᾶσα διχαιοσύγη ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ " πολιτευσάμενον ὁσίως ἄνευ ἁμαρτίας " καὶ ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου, καὶ Ἡρώδου τοῦ τετράρχου, καθηλωμένον ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐν σαρχὶ ἀληθῶς. ᾿Αφ᾽ οὗ καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν, ἀπὸ τοῦ θεομαχαρίστου αὐτοῦ πάθους, ἵνα ἄρῃ σύσσημον εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, διὰ τῆς ἀναστάσεως, εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους καὶ πιστοὺς αὐτοῦ, εἴτε ἐν Ἰουδαίοις, εἴτε ἐν ἔθνεσιν, ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι τῆς Ἐχχλησίας αὐτοῦ.

Doxaxō ton Theon kai Patera tou Kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, ton di᾽ autou houtōs hymas soachinētǭ pistei hōsper chathēlōmenous en tǭ staurǭ tou Kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, sarchi te kai pneumati" kai hēdrasmenous en agapę̄ en tǭ hai- mati tou Christou, peplērophorēmenous, hōs alē- A thōs, eis ton Kyrion hēmōn Iēsoun Christon, ton tou theou Huion, ton prōtotokon: pasēs kchtisbōs, ton theon Logon, ton monogenē Huion, onta de ech genous Dadid chata sarcha, ek Marias tēs parthenou " bethaptismenon hypo Iōannou, iga plērōthę̄ pasa dichaiosygē hyp᾽ autou " politeusamenon hosiōs aneu hamartias " kai epi Pontiou Pilatou, kai Hērōdou tou tetrarchou, kathēlōmenon hyper hēmōn en sarchi alēthōs. ᾿Aph᾽ hou kai hēmeis esmen, apo tou theomacharistou autou pathous, hina arę̄ syssēmon eis tous aiōnas, dia tēs anastaseōs, eis tous hagious kai pistous autou, eite en Ioudaiois, eite en ethnesin, en heni sōmati tēs Echchlēsias autou.

I glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through him has thus … in immovable faith, as if nailed to the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in flesh and spirit, and established in love in the blood of Christ, fully persuaded, as is the truth, concerning our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the firstborn of all creation, God the Word, the only-begotten Son, who was of the family of David according to the flesh, of Mary the virgin; baptized by John, that all righteousness might be fulfilled by him; who lived a holy life without sin, and under Pontius Pilate and Herod the tetrarch was nailed for us in the flesh, truly. From him we are, from his divinely blessed passion, that he might raise a standard for the ages through the resurrection for his saints and faithful, whether among Jews or among Gentiles, in the one body of his church.

Col 1:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 1:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 3:15 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 3:1 (allusion, medium confidence) · Isa 5:26 (allusion, medium confidence) · Isa 49:22 (allusion, medium confidence) · Eph 2:16 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius praises the Smyrnaeans' firm faith in Christ, truly born, baptized and crucified in the flesh.

Chapter 1. A few words are lost after “who through him has thus” (“made you wise; for I have observed that you are perfected”); Migne's note there is removed. The long recension's “firstborn of all creation, God the Word” is translated as written. Col 1:15; Rom 1:3; Matt 3:15; Isa 5:26; 49:22; Eph 2:16.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): 41 4], πεπληρωμένῃ. Τὸν Θεὺν καὶ Πατέρα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Π: → .

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 6.1 (PG 5:848; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.2PG 5:848

Ταῦτα γὰρ πάντα ἔπαθε δι᾿ ἡμᾶς. Καὶ ἀληϑῶς ἔπαθε, καὶ 33 οὐ δοκήσει, ὡς καὶ ἀληθῶς ἀνέ- Β στῃ. ᾿Αλλ᾽ οὐχ ὥσπερ τινὲς τῶν ἀπίστων, ἐπαιδχυνόμενοι τὴν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου πλάσιν, καὶ τὸν σταυρὸν, καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν θάνατον, λέγουσιν, ὅτι δοχήσει, καὶ οὐκ ἀληθείᾳ ἀνείληφε τὸ ἐχ τῆς Παρθένου σῶμα, καὶ τῷ δοχεῖν πέπονθεν " ἐπιλαθόμενοι τοῦ εἰπόντος" “Ο «1όγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο. Καί" Λύσατε τὸν γαὸν' τοῦτον, καὶ διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἐγερῶ αὐτόν. Καί" ᾿Εὰν ὑψωθῶ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, πάντας ἐϊχύσω πρὸς ἐμαυτόν. Οὐχοῦν ὁ Λόγος ἐν σαρκὶ ὥχησεν. Ἢ σοφία γὰρ ἑαυτῇ φχοδόμησεν οἶχογ. Ὁ Λόγος τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ναὸν, λυθέντα ἀπὸ τῶν χριστομάχων ᾿Ιουδαίων, ἀνέστησε τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέ» Ρᾷ. Ὁ Λόγος, ὑψωθείσης αὐτοῦ τῆς σαρχὸς, χατὰ τὸν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ χαλχοῦν ὄφιν, πάντας εἴλκυσε πρὸς ἑαυτὸν εἰς σωτηρίαν αἰώνιον.

Tauta gar panta epathe di᾿ hēmas. Kai alēϑōs epathe, kai 33 ou dokēsei, hōs kai alēthōs ane- B stę̄. ᾿All᾽ ouch hōsper tines tōn apistōn, epaidchynomenoi tēn tou anthrōpou plasin, kai ton stauron, kai auton ton thanaton, legousin, hoti dochēsei, kai ouk alētheią aneilēphe to ech tēs Parthenou sōma, kai tǭ dochein peponthen " epilathomenoi tou eipontos" “O «1ogos sarx egeneto. Kai" Lysate ton gaon' touton, kai dia triōn hēmerōn egerō auton. Kai" ᾿Ean hypsōthō apo tēs gēs, pantas eïchysō pros emauton. Ouchoun ho Logos en sarki hōchēsen. Ē sophia gar heautę̄ phchodomēsen oichog. Ho Logos ton heautou naon, lythenta apo tōn christomachōn ᾿Ioudaiōn, anestēse tę̄ tritę̄ hēme» Rą. Ho Logos, hypsōtheisēs autou tēs sarchos, chata ton en tę̄ erēmǭ chalchoun ophin, pantas eilkyse pros heauton eis sōtērian aiōnion.

For he suffered all these things for us. And he truly suffered, not in appearance, as he also truly rose; but not as some of the unbelievers, who are ashamed of the formation of man, and of the cross, and of death itself, and say that he took the body from the Virgin in appearance and not in truth, and suffered in appearance, forgetting him who said, “The Word became flesh”; and, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up”; and, “If I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all to myself.” The Word, then, dwelt in flesh; for “Wisdom built herself a house.” The Word raised up on the third day his own temple, which had been destroyed by the Christ-fighting Jews. The Word, when his flesh was lifted up like the bronze serpent in the wilderness, drew all to himself for eternal salvation.

John 1:14 (quotation, high confidence) · John 2:19 (quotation, high confidence) · John 12:32 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 9:1 (quotation, high confidence) · John 3:14 (allusion, high confidence) · Num 21:9 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Against docetists Ignatius affirms that the Word truly took flesh, suffered and rose.

Chapter 2, expanded in the long recension; the polemic against “the Christ-fighting Jews” is translated as written. John 1:14; 2:19; 12:32; Prov 9:1; John 3:14.

Topics: Christology, Heresy

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 6.2 (PG 5:848; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.3PG 5:848

Ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ ἐν τῷ γεννᾶσθαι καὶ σταυροῦσθαι Ἰινώσχω αὐτὸν ἐν σώματι γεγονέναι μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἐν σαρχὶ αὐτὸν οἶδα (Ὁ), καὶ …

Egō de ouk en tǭ gennasthai kai staurousthai Iinōschō auton en sōmati gegonenai monon, alla kai meta tēn anastasin en sarchi auton oida (Ho), kai …

But I know that he was in a body not only in his birth and crucifixion; I know that after the resurrection too he was in the flesh, and …

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Summary: Ignatius affirms that Christ was in the flesh even after his resurrection.

Opening of chapter 3, continued in ref 4. Migne's notes are removed at the end.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): Μ ]ολη. σιν, Τὸν πρωτότοχον πάσης χτίσεως, τὸν Θεὸν Λόγον, τὸν μον ἢ Υἱόν. Ῥτοὸ ἢ 5, ἰὴ ΒΔ ρίαν : Κατὰ δι ὐτητὰ καὶ δύναμιν, οἱ ἰπ Δ ῬΙοΥ. Ιχ, 1. 89 (ρπδί. ἀρ. ν, 30. Ρβουάυ-! καῖ. αὐ Ρηϊρ». ὅ. δ᾽ Νυμ. → ….

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 6.3 (PG 5:848; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-6-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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6.4PG 5:848

… πιστεύω ὄντα. Καὶ ὅτε πρὸς τοὺς περὶ Πέτρον ἢ» θεν, ἔφη αὑτοῖς - Λάδετε, ψη.αφήσατἑ μς͵ ταὶ ἴδετε, ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ δαιμόνιον ἀσώματον (8. Πνεῦμα γὰρ σάρκα καὶ ὀστέα οὐχ ἔχει, καθὼς ἱεὶ θεωρεῖτε ἔχοντα. Καὶ τῷ Θωμᾷ λέγει ἀέρι τὸν δάχτευκόν σου 8 ὧδε εἰς τὸν εὐπον τὰν ἥλων, καὶ φέρε τὴν χεῖρά σου, καὶ βά.12 " εἰς τὴ πλευράν μου. Καὶ εὐθὺς ἐπίστευσαν 5 ὡς αὑτὸς εἴη ὁ Χριστός. Διὸ καὶ Θωμᾶς φησιν αὐτῶ Ὁ Κύριός μου, καὶ ὁ Θεός μου. Διὰ γὰρ τοῦτο καὶ … νάτου χατεφρόνὴσαν' μιχρὸν γὰρ εἰπεῖν, ὕδρεων καὶ Α πληγῶν. Οὐ μὴν δὲ, ἀλλὰ καὶ μετὰ τὸ ἐπιδεῖξαι ἑαυτὸν αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἀληθῶς ἀλλ᾽ οὐ τῷ δοχεῖν ἐγήγερται, καὶ συνέφαγεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ συνόπιεν, ἄχρις ἡμερῶν ὅλων τεσσαράχοντα (θ3)" καὶ οὕτω σὺν τῇ σαρχὶ, βλεπόντων αὐτῶν, ἀνελήφθη πρὸς τὸν ἀποστεΐλαντα αὐτὸν, σὺν αὐτῇ πάλιν ἐρχόμενος μετὰ δόξης καὶ δυνάμεως. Φασὶ γὰρ τὰ Λόγια Οὗτος ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ὁ ἀναϊηφθεὶς ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸν οὐραψὸν, οὕτως ἐλεύσεται, ὃν τρόπον ἐθεάσασθε αὖ" τὸν πορευόμενον εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν. Εὶΐ δὲ ἄνευ σώματός φασιν ἔρχεσθαι ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ τοῦ αἰῶνος, πῶς αὐτὸν καὶ ὄψονται οἱ ἐχκεντήσαγτες, καὶ ἐπιγνόντες χόψονται ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς; ᾿Ασωμάτων γὰρ οὔτε εἶδος, οὔτε χαρακτήρ ἐστιν, ἣ σῆμα 5 ζώον μορφὴν ἔχοντος, διὰ τὸ ἁπλοῦν τῆς φύσεως. ΕΥ͂. Ταῦτα δὲ παραινῶ ὑμῖν, ἀγαπητοὶ, εἰδὼς ὅτι καὶ ὑμεῖς οὕτως ἔχετε. Προφυλάσσω δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν θηρέων τῶν ἀνθρωπομόρφων, ἃ "5 οὐ μόνον ἀποστρέφεσθαι χρὴ, ἀλλὰ καὶ φεύγειν" μόνον δὲ προσεὐχεσθε "" ὑπὲρ αὑτῶν, ἐάν πως μετανοήσωσιν. Εἰ γὰρ τῷ δοχεῖν ἐν σώματι γέγονεν ὃ Κύριος, καὶ τῷ δοχεῖν ἐσταυρώθη, χἀγὼ τῷ δοχεῖν δέδεμαι. Τί δὲ καὶ ἐμαυτὸν "5 ἔχδοτον δέδωχα τῷ θανάτῳ, πρὸς πῦρ, πρὸς μάχαιραν, πρὸς θηρία; ᾿Αλλ᾽ οὐ τῷ δοχεῖν, ἀλλὰ τῷ ὄντι πάντα ὑπομένω διὰ Χριστὸν, εἰς τὸ συμπαθεῖν αὐτῷ, αὐτοῦ μὲ ἐνδυναμοῦντος" οὐ γάρ μοΐ τοσοῦτον σθένος.

… pisteuō onta. Kai hote pros tous peri Petron ē» then, ephē hautois - Ladete, psē.aphēsate ms͵ tai idete, hoti ouk eimi daimonion asōmaton (8. Pneuma gar sarka kai ostea ouch echei, kathōs hiei theōreite echonta. Kai tǭ Thōmą legei aeri ton dachteukon sou 8 hōde eis ton eupon tan hēlōn, kai phere tēn cheira sou, kai ba.12 " eis tē pleuran mou. Kai euthys episteusan 5 hōs hautos eiē ho Christos. Dio kai Thōmas phēsin autō Ho Kyrios mou, kai ho Theos mou. Dia gar touto kai … natou chatephronēsan' michron gar eipein, hydreōn kai A plēgōn. Ou mēn de, alla kai meta to epideixai heauton autois, hoti alēthōs all᾽ ou tǭ dochein egēgertai, kai synephagen autois, kai synopien, achris hēmerōn holōn tessarachonta (th3)" kai houtō syn tę̄ sarchi, blepontōn autōn, anelēphthē pros ton aposteïlanta auton, syn autę̄ palin erchomenos meta doxēs kai dynameōs. Phasi gar ta Logia Houtos ho Iēsous, ho anaïēphtheis aph᾽ hymōn eis ton ourapson, houtōs eleusetai, hon tropon etheasasthe au" ton poreuomenon eis ton ouranon. Eiï de aneu sōmatos phasin erchesthai epi synteleią tou aiōnos, pōs auton kai opsontai hoi echkentēsagtes, kai epignontes chopsontai eph᾽ heautois? ᾿Asōmatōn gar oute eidos, oute charaktēr estin, hē sēma 5 zōon morphēn echontos, dia to haploun tēs physeōs. EU. Tauta de parainō hymin, agapētoi, eidōs hoti kai hymeis houtōs echete. Prophylassō de hymas apo tōn thēreōn tōn anthrōpomorphōn, ha "5 ou monon apostrephesthai chrē, alla kai pheugein" monon de proseuchesthe "" hyper hautōn, ean pōs metanoēsōsin. Ei gar tǭ dochein en sōmati gegonen ho Kyrios, kai tǭ dochein estaurōthē, chagō tǭ dochein dedemai. Ti de kai emauton "5 echdoton dedōcha tǭ thanatǭ, pros pyr, pros machairan, pros thēria? ᾿All᾽ ou tǭ dochein, alla tǭ onti panta hypomenō dia Christon, eis to sympathein autǭ, autou me endynamountos" ou gar moï tosouton sthenos.

… [I believe] that he is so. And when he came to those around Peter, he said to them: “Take, handle me, and see that I am not a bodiless demon. For a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see me having.” And to Thomas he says: “Put your finger here into the print of the nails, and bring your hand and put it into my side.” And at once they believed that he was the Christ. Therefore Thomas also says to him: “My Lord and my God.” For this reason they also despised death … for it is too little to say insults and blows. And not only so, but after he had shown himself to them, that he had risen truly and not in appearance, he both ate and drank with them for forty whole days; and so, with the flesh, while they looked on, he was taken up to him who sent him, and with it he is coming again with glory and power. For the oracles say: “This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him going into heaven.” But if they say that he will come without a body at the consummation of the age, how will those who pierced him see him, and recognize him and mourn over themselves? For bodiless beings have neither form nor shape, nor the figure of a living thing that has a form, because of the simplicity of their nature. [4] I exhort you to these things, beloved, knowing that you too are so minded. But I guard you beforehand against beasts in human form, whom you must not only turn away from but flee; only pray for them, if somehow they may repent. For if the Lord was in a body in appearance and was crucified in appearance, then I too am bound in appearance. And why have I given myself up to death, to fire, to the sword, to beasts? But not in appearance but in reality I endure all things for Christ, so as to suffer with him, while he strengthens me; for I have no such strength of my own.

Luke 24:39 (quotation, high confidence) · John 20:27 (quotation, high confidence) · John 20:28 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 10:41 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:9 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 1:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Zech 12:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Rev 1:7 (allusion, medium confidence) · Phil 4:13 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius cites the risen Christ's invitation to touch him, his eating with the disciples and his bodily ascension and return, and argues that if Christ only seemed to suffer, his own chains would be a mere seeming.

This ref ends chapter 3 and holds chapter 4 ([4]). It opens with Migne's notes (removed); a long note on the saying “I am not a bodiless demon” is also removed in the middle, where a few words are lost (“…”). Quotations: Luke 24:39; John 20:27–28; Acts 1:3, 11; Zech 12:10; Phil 4:13.

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Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): (οπεί. αρ. τι, 11 οἵ νι], ὅ6 οἱ νην, 132. 52 ἷ.} Εν σαρκὶ ἀληθῶς. Τιιοουγοίυ8 σαρχί ἰδ ἢϑθεῖ, οἱ ΠΟΒΙΟΓ ἱπι ΓΡΓ68, ε ἰῃ σΆΓΠ6. » [Ὁ. Τῷ δοκεῖν πέπονθεν. Ῥτὸ βοησοηιίθιβ ἴῃ δ4)ὴ Ὑπὸ τῶν χριστο χων Ιουδαίων. Ὕδει. πι, χεφ. λς΄, Ηϊογοηγηο, ἰη ϑδογέρι. δεοίοδὲαείῖς. (αδ0Π| υδ) ποῖ εἶδον, δο4 οἶδα ἷς Ἰορίίατγ, [πὰς οἱ εἰ αηῖ, (γί δι πὶ ἰδ ηθη τῆς Ἑλλάδος, ὡς πρότερον, οἱ περὶ Φίλιππον καὶ ᾿Αλέξανδρον " μοΒιίσγίο "5 1} 158: Οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Φαληρέα, πάντες μὲν ᾧοντο δέχεσθαι τὸν χρατοῦντα, ὅμως δὲ πρέσδεις δεομένους ἀπέστειλαν. [πη Νονο τι ἀρυά Ευδουίαι), Ἀν απι, Ηιον γα πὶ οἱ ΜΒΕΙΕΡῚ: καὶ εὐθὺς αὐτοῦ ἥψαντο, καὶ ἐπίστευσαν. λ. Α → … ; [α- Πνεῦμα γὰρ σάρκα καὶ ὀστέα οὖκ ἔχει, καὶ: Πόσοι πιο οἱ Τηθοάογοιο, δαι ᾳιεᾳυδπὶ Θ5{15 ἢ » (υἱ ἐς. χχιν, ὅδ, 59.) Εχ ᾳυο ϑδοιθάμαι 86 γηρ. ἐπίστευσεν. Β δι → … .

Topics: Christology, Heresy, Martyrdom

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Ὃν τινες ἀγνοοῦντες, ἡῤνήσαντο, καὶ συνηγόροῦσι τῷ ψεύδει μᾶλλον ἣ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ" οὖς οὐχ ἕπεισαν αἱ προφητεῖαι, οὐδ᾽ ὁ νόμος ὁ Μωσέως, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ μέχρι νῦν τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ τὰ ἡμέτερα τὰ "5 χατ᾽ ἄνδρα παθήματα. Καὶ γὰρ περὶ ἡμῶν τὸ αὐτὸ φρονοῦσι. Τί γὰρ ὠφελεῖ, εἰ ἐμὲ. ἐπαινεῖ … … τὸν σαρχοφόρην Θεόν: Ὁ δὲ τοῦτο μὴ λέγων, τεὀνόματο αὐτῶν, ὄντα ἄπιστα, νῦν οὐχ ἔδοξέ μοι ἐγγράψαι" μηδὲ γένοιτό με αὐτῶν μνημονεύειν, μέχρις οὗ μετανοήσωσιν.

Hon tines agnoountes, hērnēsanto, kai synēgorousi tǭ pseudei mallon hē tę̄ alētheią" ous ouch hepeisan hai prophēteiai, oud᾽ ho nomos ho Mōseōs, all᾽ oude mechri nyn to Euangelion, all᾽ oude ta hēmetera ta "5 chat᾽ andra pathēmata. Kai gar peri hēmōn to auto phronousi. Ti gar ōphelei, ei eme. epainei … … ton sarchophorēn Theon: Ho de touto mē legōn, teonomato autōn, onta apista, nyn ouch edoxe moi engrapsai" mēde genoito me autōn mnēmoneuein, mechris hou metanoēsōsin.

Some, being ignorant of him, have denied him, and are advocates of falsehood rather than of the truth; whom neither the prophecies persuaded, nor the law of Moses, nor even the Gospel until now, nor our own individual sufferings. For they think the same about us also. For what does it profit, if someone praises me … … the flesh-bearing God. But he who does not say this … their names, being those of unbelievers, it has not seemed good to me to write down now; nor may it befall me to remember them until they repent.

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Summary: Ignatius laments those who deny Christ's flesh and are moved neither by the prophets, the law, the Gospel nor the martyrs' sufferings.

Opening of chapter 5, continued in ref 6. Migne's notes are removed in the middle and at the end, where the rest of the sentence is lost (“but blasphemes my Lord”).
End of chapter 5. The ref opens with Migne's notes (removed); the words of the letter there are lost, and a few words after “does not say this” are garbled.

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Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): Ο ρτοριοιί85 ραγβυᾶβογα, πος → ; δό αἱ, τῶν. τὸ καὶ ἐπίστευσαν, ἰεφογυηῖ. 58 ἃ], οὕς δ Δ]. προσεύχεσθαι. "5 ἀδρδὲ ἰῃ Φασὶ γὰρ τὰ Λόγια. Υεῖ. νυϊψαϊ, ε« δεουηάαπί ᾿Α.11ὰ καὶ φεύγειν. Ἀπρίλη. «ε 566, δὶ ᾿Α.1.1' οὐδὲ τὰ ἡμέτερα τὰ. τῶν) κατ ἄνδρα λαθήμαξα. Καὶ γὰρ περὶ ἡμῶν τὸ αὐξὸ Ὁ. Καὶ ὁμοιιογήσῃ τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ πάθος, καὶ τὸ αἷμω ὃ ἐξέχεεν ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου σωτηρίας. ἤογαῃ) πὶ }}} ἃ! 4 ἢ ποσῖγο υ (δ1) Τόπος, καὶ ἀξίωμα, καὶ πιοῦτος, μηδένα → …; (οιιδί. αρ. γι, 10. 88 2], ἐνεστῶτα. → … .

Topics: Heresy, Martyrdom

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Μηδεὶς πλανάσθω " ἐὰν μὴ πιστεύσῃ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐν σαρχὶ πεπολιτεῦσθαι, καὶ ὁμολογήσῃ τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ πάθος, καὶ τὸ αἷμα ὃ ἐξέχεεν ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ χόσμου σωτηρίας, οὐ τῆς ζωῆς αἰωνίου τεύξεται, χᾶν βασιλεὺς ἧ, χᾶἂᾶν ἱερεὺς, χᾶν.. ἄρχων, χἂν ἰδιώτης, χἂν δεσπότης ἣ δοῦλος,"7. "5 ἣ γννή. Ὁ χωρῶν χωρείτω, ὁ ἀκούων ἀκουέτω. Τόπος, καὶ ἀξίωμα, καὶ πλοῦτος, μηδένα φυσιούτῷ ἀδοξία, καὶ πενία, μηδένα ταπεινούτω. Τὸ Β γὰρ ὅλον ἐστὶ, πίστις ἡ εἰς Θεὸν, καὶ ἡ εἰς Χριστὸν ἐλπὶς, ἡ τῶν προσδοχωμένων ἀγαθῶν ἀπόλαυσις, ἀγάπη τε περὶ τὸν Θεὸν καὶ τὸ ὁμόφυλον. ᾽Αγαπήσεις γὰρ Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου, καὶ τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν. Καὶ ὁ Κύριός φησιν " Αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ αἰώγιος ζωὴ, τὸ γινώσχδιν τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν Θεὸν, καὶ ὃν ἀπέστειῖεν Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν. Καί - Ἑντολὴν ταύταις ταῖς δυσὶν ἐντολαῖς, ὅλος ὁ νόμος, καὶ οἱ προφῆται χρέμανται. Καταμάθετε οὖν τοὺς ἕτετὸν Πατέρα τοῦ Χριστοῦ - πῶς ἄπιστον ἔχθραν μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων ἔχουσιν. ᾿Αγάπης αὐτοῖς οὐ μέλει" τῶν προσδοχωμένων ἀλογοῦσι, τὰ παρόντα ὡς ἑστῶτα 5" ᾿ λογίξονται. τὰς ἐντολὰς παρορῶσι - χήραν καὶ νον γελῶσι. …

Mēdeis planasthō " ean mē pisteusę̄ Christon Iēsoun en sarchi pepoliteusthai, kai homologēsę̄ ton stauron autou, kai to pathos, kai to haima ho execheen hyper tēs tou chosmou sōtērias, ou tēs zōēs aiōniou teuxetai, chan basileus hē, chaaan hiereus, chan.. archōn, chan idiōtēs, chan despotēs hē doulos,"7. "5 hē gnnē. Ho chōrōn chōreitō, ho akouōn akouetō. Topos, kai axiōma, kai ploutos, mēdena physioutǭ adoxia, kai penia, mēdena tapeinoutō. To B gar holon esti, pistis hē eis Theon, kai hē eis Christon elpis, hē tōn prosdochōmenōn agathōn apolausis, agapē te peri ton Theon kai to homophylon. ᾽Agapēseis gar Kyrion ton Theon sou ex holēs tēs kardias sou, kai ton plēsion sou hōs seauton. Kai ho Kyrios phēsin " Hautē estin hē aiōgios zōē, to ginōschdin ton monon alēthinon Theon, kai hon apesteiien Iēsoun Christon. Kai - Hentolēn tautais tais dysin entolais, holos ho nomos, kai hoi prophētai chremantai. Katamathete oun tous heteton Patera tou Christou - pōs apiston echthran met᾽ allēlōn echousin. ᾿Agapēs autois ou melei" tōn prosdochōmenōn alogousi, ta paronta hōs hestōta 5" ᾿ logixontai. tas entolas parorōsi - chēran kai non gelōsi. …

Let no one be deceived: unless he believes that Christ Jesus lived in the flesh, and confesses his cross and passion and the blood which he shed for the salvation of the world, he will not obtain eternal life, whether he be king or priest or ruler or private person, master or slave, man or woman. “He who is able to receive it, let him receive it; he who hears, let him hear.” Let not place or rank or wealth puff anyone up, nor lack of honour or poverty humble anyone. For the whole is faith toward God and hope toward Christ, the enjoyment of the good things looked for, and love toward God and toward one's own kind. For “you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and your neighbour as yourself.” And the Lord says: “This is eternal life, to know the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.” And: “A [new] commandment … On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets.” Observe, then, those who hold strange opinions … the Father of Christ, how they have a faithless enmity toward one another. They have no care for love; they disregard the things looked for; they reckon present things as abiding; they overlook the commandments; the widow and the [orphan] they laugh at …

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Matt 19:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 11:15 (quotation, medium confidence) · Matt 22:37 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 22:39 (quotation, high confidence) · John 17:3 (quotation, high confidence) · John 13:34 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 22:40 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius insists that eternal life depends on believing in Christ's life in the flesh and his saving blood, and describes the lovelessness of those who teach otherwise.

This ref holds chapter 6. Words are lost in the scan in the quotation of John 13:34 and before “the Father of Christ” (the heretics' claim that he is unknown); “orphan” is supplied by sense from the damaged νον. Migne's notes at the end are removed. Matt 19:12; 11:15; Matt 22:37, 39; John 17:3; 13:34; Matt 22:40.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): ῦ Πῶς νομοθετοῦσιν ἄγνωστον εἶναι τὸν Πατέρα τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Ληρίοδη. « 404} 6 Γ σοι σι. οί. γνυϊφαῖ. ε« (ἱνθυϊδίαπ) τοϑρυυηΐ, τ πο → ….

Topics: Christology, Heresy, Ethics

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… τοῦ ἀρχεχάχου πνεύματος δ΄, τοῦ τὸν ᾿Αδὰμ διὰ τῆς γυναιχὸς τῆς ἐντολῆς ἐξώσαντος, τοῦ τὸν "Αὔελ διὰ τοῦ Κάϊν ἀποχτείναντος, τοῦ τῷ Ἰὼδ «εύσαντος, τοῦ χατηγοροῦντος δ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῶν ἀποστόλων τὴν πίστιν, τοῦ τὸ Ἰουδαϊχὸν ᾳλῆθος ἐπεγείραντος τῷ Κυρίῳ, τοῦ καὶ νῦν ἐγεργοῦγτος ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς ἀπειθείας" ὧν ῥύσεται ἡμᾶς "5 ὁ Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς, ὁ δεηθεὶς μὴ ἐχλείπειν τὴν πίστιν» τῶν ἀποστόλων" οὐχ ὡς μὴ αὑταρχῶν φυλάξαι αὐτὴν, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς καίρων τῇ τοῦ Πατρὸς ὑπεροχῇ (θὅ). Πρέπον οὖν ἐστιν ἀπέχεσθαι τῶν τοιούτων, καὶ μήτε χατ᾽ ἰδίαν μετ᾽ 55 αὐτῶν λαλεῖν, μήτε χοινῇ προσέχειν δὲ νόμῳ, … τὸν σωτήριον λόγον. Τὰς δὲ δυσωνύμσους αἱρέσεις, καὶ τοὺς τὰ σχίσματα ποιοῦντας φεύγετε, ὡς ἀρχὴν χαχῶν.

… tou archechachou pneumatos d΄, tou ton ᾿Adam dia tēs gynaichos tēs entolēs exōsantos, tou ton "Auel dia tou Kaïn apochteinantos, tou tǭ Iōd «eusantos, tou chatēgorountos d Iēsou tou huiou tōn apostolōn tēn pistin, tou to Ioudaïchon ąlēthos epegeirantos tǭ Kyriǭ, tou kai nyn egergougtos en tois huiois tēs apeitheias" hōn rhysetai hēmas "5 ho Kyrios Iēsous Christos, ho deētheis mē echleipein tēn pistin» tōn apostolōn" ouch hōs mē hautarchōn phylaxai autēn, all᾽ hōs kairōn tę̄ tou Patros hyperochę̄ (tho). Prepon oun estin apechesthai tōn toioutōn, kai mēte chat᾽ idian met᾽ 55 autōn lalein, mēte choinę̄ prosechein de nomǭ, … ton sōtērion logon. Tas de dysōnymsous haireseis, kai tous ta schismata poiountas pheugete, hōs archēn chachōn.

… of that spirit, the author of evil, who through the woman drove Adam out by means of the commandment, who slew Abel through Cain, who [fought against] Job, who accused Joshua the son of [Jozadak], who … the faith of the apostles, who stirred up the Jewish multitude against the Lord, who is now also at work in the sons of disobedience; from whom the Lord Jesus Christ will deliver us, who prayed that the faith of the apostles might not fail, not as though he were not able himself to guard it, but as rejoicing in the pre-eminence of the Father. It is fitting, then, to keep away from such people, and neither to speak with them in private nor [to have dealings with them] in public, but to give heed to the law … the saving word. But flee the ill-named heresies and those who make schisms, as the beginning of evils.

Gen 3:6 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 4:8 (allusion, high confidence) · Job 1:11 (allusion, medium confidence) · Zech 3:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 22:31 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 22:32 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 2:2 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The false teachers are offspring of the devil, the author of evil from Adam to the Passion; Ignatius urges the Smyrnaeans to avoid them and their schisms.

This ref holds chapter 7; its opening words are lost, and Migne's notes are removed at the start and in the middle (with a quotation of the short recension's sentence on the Eucharist, which the long recension does not have here). Words lost there (“and the prophets and those who preached to you”) are marked “…”; several words in the list of the devil's deeds are damaged in the scan. Gen 3; Gen 4:8; Job 1–2; Zech 3:1; Luke 22:31–32; Eph 2:2.

Notes on the original text

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Topics: Heresy

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Πάντες τῷ ἐπισχόπῳ ἀχολουθεῖτε, ὡς ὁ Χριτὰς Ἰησοῦς τῷ Πατοί: καὶ τῷ πρεσδυτερίῳ δὲ, ἃς «οἷς ἀποστόλοις. Τοὺς δὲ διαχόνους ἐντρέπεσθε, ὡς Θεοῦ ἐντολὴν διαχονοῦντας. Μηδεὶς χωρὶς ἐπε σχόπου τι πρασσέτω τῶν ἀνηχόντων εἰς -τἷν ἡ ὑπὸ τὸν ἐπίσχοπον οὖσα, ἣ ᾧ ἂν αὐτὸς ἐπιτρέψῃ. Ὅπου ἂν φανῇ ὁ ἐπίσχοπος, ἔχεξ τὸ τὸς ἔστω" ὥσπερ ὅπου ὁ Χριστὸς, πᾶσα ἣ οὐράνιος στρ τιὰ παρέστηχεν, ὡς ἀρχιστρατήγῳ τῆς δυνάμεως Κυρίου, καὶ διανομεῖ πάσης νοητῆς φύτεως. ἐξόν ἐστι χωρὶς τοῦ ἐπισχόπου, οὔτε βαπτίζειν [ἢ], οὔτε προσφέρειν, οὔτε θυσίαν “ προσχομίζειν, οὖ τε δοχὴν ἐπιτελεῖν ἀλλ᾽ ὃ ἂν ἐχείνῳ δοχῇ, χε: εὐαρέστησιν Θεοῦ" ἵνα ἀσφαλὲς ἧἣ καὶ βέδαιον πᾶν

Pantes tǭ epischopǭ acholoutheite, hōs ho Chritas Iēsous tǭ Patoi: kai tǭ presdyteriǭ de, has «hois apostolois. Tous de diachonous entrepesthe, hōs Theou entolēn diachonountas. Mēdeis chōris epe schopou ti prassetō tōn anēchontōn eis -tin hē hypo ton epischopon ousa, hē hǭ an autos epitrepsę̄. Hopou an phanę̄ ho epischopos, echex to tos estō" hōsper hopou ho Christos, pasa hē ouranios str tia parestēchen, hōs archistratēgǭ tēs dynameōs Kyriou, kai dianomei pasēs noētēs phyteōs. exon esti chōris tou epischopou, oute baptizein [ē], oute prospherein, oute thysian “ proschomizein, ou te dochēn epitelein all᾽ ho an echeinǭ dochę̄, che: euarestēsin Theou" hina asphales hēē kai bedaion pan

All of you follow the bishop, as Christ Jesus follows the Father, and the presbytery as the apostles. Reverence the deacons as those who minister the command of God. Let no one do any of the things that pertain to the church apart from the bishop. … which is under the bishop, or one to whom he entrusts it. Wherever the bishop appears, there let the multitude be; just as where Christ is, all the heavenly host stands by, as by the chief captain of the Lord's power and the dispenser of every intelligent nature. It is not lawful apart from the bishop either to baptize, or to offer, or to present sacrifice, or to hold a love-feast; but whatever seems good to him is in accordance with the good pleasure of God, so that everything may be safe and valid.

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

Josh 5:14 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius commands that nothing in the church, Eucharist, baptism or love-feast, be done without the bishop.

This ref holds chapter 8. A few words are lost in the scan (“Let that be considered a valid Eucharist”); “the multitude” renders a damaged word. The long recension's comparison of Christ to “the chief captain of the Lord's power” (Josh 5:14) is translated as written. In this ref the translator had seen the ANF version of chapters 8–13 before translating; the translation follows the Greek.

Topics: Church office, Eucharist, Baptism

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Εὐὔλογόν ἔστι λοιπὸν ἀνανῆψαι ἡμᾶς, ὡς ἔτι χαιρὸν ἔχομεν εἰς Θεὸν μετανοεῖν. Ἐν γὰρ τῷ ἄδῃ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐξομο.ιϊογούμενος. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ πρὸ προσώχου … αὐτοῦ. Τίμα, φησὶν, υἱὲ, τὸν Θεὸν καὶ βασι- λέα. Ἐγὼ δέ φημι’ Τίμα μὲν τὸν Θεὸν, ὡς αἴτιον τῶν ὅλων καὶ Κύριον’ ἐπίσχοπον δὲ, ὡς ἀρχιερέα, Θεοῦ εἰχόνα φοροῦντα’ χατὰ μὲν τὸ ἄρχειν, Θεοῦ, χατὰ δὲ τὸ ἱερατεύειν, Χριστοῦ. Καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον, τιμᾷν χρὴ καὶ βασιλέα. Οὔτε γὰρ Θεοῦ τις χρείττων ([, ἢ παραπλήσιος ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς οὖσιν" οὔτε δὲ ἐν Ἐχχλησίᾳ ἐπισχόπου τι μεῖζον, ἱερωμένου Θεῷ ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ χόσμου παντὸς σωτηρίας" οὔτε βασιλέως τις παραπλήσιος ἐν ἄρχουσιν, εἰρήνην καὶ εὑγομίαν τοῖς ἀρχομένοις πρυτανεύοντος. Ὁ τιμῶν ἐπίσχοπον, ὑπὸ Θεοῦ τιμηθήσεται ὥσπερ οὖν ὁ ἀτιμάξων αὐτὸν, ὑπὸ Θεοῦ χολασθήσεται. Εἰ γὰρ ὁ βασιλεῦσιν ἐπεγειρόμενος, χολάσεως ἄξιος δικαίως γενήσεται, ὥς γε παραλύων τὴν χοινὴν εὐνομίαν" πόσῳ δοχεῖτε χείρονος ἀξιωθήσεται τιμωρίας, ὁ ἄνευ ἐπισχόπου τι ποιεῖν προαιρούμενος, καὶ τὴν ὁμόνοιαν διασπῶν, καὶ τὴν εὐταξίαν συγχέων; Ἱερωσύνη γάρ ἐστι, τὸ πάντων ἀγαθῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἀναδεθηχός" Ὡς ὁ χαταμανεὶς͵ οὐχ ἄνθρωπον ἀτιμάζει, ἀλλὰ θεὸν, καὶ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν, τὸν πρωτότοχον, καὶ μόνον τῇ φύσει τοῦ Πατρὸς ἀρχιερέα. Πάντα οὖν ὑμῖν μετ᾽ εὐταξίας ἐπιτελείσθω ἐν Χριστῷ. Οἱ λαϊῖχοὶ, τοῖς διαχόνοις ὑποτασσέσθωσαν. Οἱ διάχονοι, τηἷς πρεσθυτέροις" οἱ πρεσδύτεροι, τῷ ἐπισχόπῳ᾽ ὁ ἐπίσχηπος, τῷ Χριστῷ, ὡς αὐτὸς τῷ Πατρί. Καθό 19 με ἀνεπαύσατε, ἀδελφοὶ, καὶ ὑμᾶς Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστός. ᾿Ἀπόντα με γαὶ παρόντα ἡγαπήσατε" ὑμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς, δι᾽ ὃν ταῦτα εἰς τὸν δέσμιον αὐτοῦ ἐνἐδείξεσθε. Εὲ γὰρ καὶ μή εἰμι ἱχανὸς, ἀλλὰ τὸ προθυμίας ὑμῶν μέγα. Ὁ τιμῶν γὰρ προφήτην εἰς ὄνομα προφήτου, μισθὸν προφήτου «ζήψεται. … Ὁ τιμῶν δέσμιον Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, μαρτύἢ «ζήψεται μισθόν.

Euylogon esti loipon ananēpsai hēmas, hōs eti chairon echomen eis Theon metanoein. En gar tǭ adę̄ ouk estin ho exomo.iïogoumenos. Idou gar anthrōpos, kai to ergon autou pro prosōchou … autou. Tima, phēsin, huie, ton Theon kai basi- lea. Egō de phēmi’ Tima men ton Theon, hōs aition tōn holōn kai Kyrion’ epischopon de, hōs archierea, Theou eichona phorounta’ chata men to archein, Theou, chata de to hierateuein, Christou. Kai meta touton, timąn chrē kai basilea. Oute gar Theou tis chreittōn ([, ē paraplēsios en pasi tois ousin" oute de en Echchlēsią epischopou ti meizon, hierōmenou Theǭ hyper tēs tou chosmou pantos sōtērias" oute basileōs tis paraplēsios en archousin, eirēnēn kai heugomian tois archomenois prytaneuontos. Ho timōn epischopon, hypo Theou timēthēsetai hōsper oun ho atimaxōn auton, hypo Theou cholasthēsetai. Ei gar ho basileusin epegeiromenos, cholaseōs axios dikaiōs genēsetai, hōs ge paralyōn tēn choinēn eunomian" posǭ docheite cheironos axiōthēsetai timōrias, ho aneu epischopou ti poiein proairoumenos, kai tēn homonoian diaspōn, kai tēn eutaxian syncheōn? Hierōsynē gar esti, to pantōn agathōn en anthrōpois anadethēchos" Hōs ho chatamaneis͵ ouch anthrōpon atimazei, alla theon, kai Christon Iēsoun, ton prōtotochon, kai monon tę̄ physei tou Patros archierea. Panta oun hymin met᾽ eutaxias epiteleisthō en Christǭ. Hoi laïichoi, tois diachonois hypotassesthōsan. Hoi diachonoi, tēis presthyterois" hoi presdyteroi, tǭ epischopǭ᾽ ho epischēpos, tǭ Christǭ, hōs autos tǭ Patri. Katho 19 me anepausate, adelphoi, kai hymas Iēsous ho Christos. ᾿Aponta me gai paronta hēgapēsate" hymas ho Theos, di᾽ hon tauta eis ton desmion autou enedeixesthe. Ee gar kai mē eimi hichanos, alla to prothymias hymōn mega. Ho timōn gar prophētēn eis onoma prophētou, misthon prophētou «zēpsetai. … Ho timōn desmion Iēsou Christou, martyē «zēpsetai misthon.

It is reasonable, finally, for us to return to soberness, while we still have time to repent toward God. For in Hades there is no one who makes confession. For behold the man, and his work before his face … … “Honour God, my son,” he says, “and the king.” But I say: honour God as the cause and Lord of all, and the bishop as high priest, bearing the image of God: of God in ruling, of Christ in serving as priest. And after him one must honour the king also. For no one is greater than God or like him among all beings; nor is there anything in the church greater than the bishop, consecrated to God for the salvation of the whole world; nor is anyone among rulers like the king, who secures peace and good order for his subjects. He who honours the bishop will be honoured by God; just as he who dishonours him will be punished by God. For if he who rises against kings will justly be held worthy of punishment, as one who dissolves the common good order, how much worse a penalty, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy of who chooses to do anything without the bishop, tearing apart concord and throwing good order into confusion? For the priesthood is the summit of all good things among men; whoever rages against it dishonours not man but God, and Christ Jesus, the firstborn and only high priest of the Father by nature. Let everything, then, be done among you in good order in Christ. Let the laity be subject to the deacons; the deacons to the presbyters; the presbyters to the bishop; the bishop to Christ, as he is to the Father. As you have refreshed me, brothers, so may Jesus the Christ refresh you. You loved me absent and present; God … you, for whose sake you have shown these things to his prisoner. For even if I am not worthy, yet your zeal is great. For “he who honours a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward.” … He who honours a prisoner of Jesus Christ will receive the reward of martyrs.

Ps 6:5 (6:6 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 62:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 24:21 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Pet 2:17 (allusion, medium confidence) · Heb 5:10 (echo, low confidence) · 1 Cor 14:40 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 10:41 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius urges repentance while there is time.

Opening of chapter 9, continued in ref 12; the rest of this ref is Migne's notes (removed). Ps 6:5 (LXX 6:6); Isa 62:11.
Continues chapter 9 from ref 10 (“his work before his face”). Migne's notes are removed at the start, in the middle and at the end. “Honour God, my son, and the king” is Prov 24:21. The ranking of bishop above king and the bishop as bearer of the image of God are long-recension additions; translated as written. A verb is lost after “God” (“will repay”). Matt 10:41.
End of chapter 9. The rest of the ref is Migne's Latin notes (removed).

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Topics: Church office, Martyrdom

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Φίλωνα, καὶ Γάϊον, καὶ ᾿Αγαθόποδα, οὗ λούθησάν μοι εἰς λόγον Θεοῦ, διάχονοι Χριστοῦ ὄντες, καλῶς ἐποιήσατε ὑποδεξάμενοι ὡς διακόνους Χριστοῦ. Οἵ καὶ σφόδρα εὐχαριστοῦσι τῷ Κυρίῳ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, ὅτι αὑτοὺς ἀνεπαύσατε χατὰ πάντα τρότων. Οὐδὲν ὑμῖν παραλογισθήσεται ὧν εἰς αὐτοὺς ἐποιήσατε. Δῴη ὑμῖν ὁ Κύριος εὑρεῖν ἔλεος παρὰ Κυρίου ἐν ἐχείγῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ. ᾿Αντίψυχον ὑμῶν τὸ πνεῦμά μου, καὶ τὰ δεσμά μου, ἃ οὐχ ὑπερτθήσεται ἡ τελεία ἐλπὶς, Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστός.

Philōna, kai Gaïon, kai ᾿Agathopoda, hou louthēsan moi eis logon Theou, diachonoi Christou ontes, kalōs epoiēsate hypodexamenoi hōs diakonous Christou. Hoi kai sphodra eucharistousi tǭ Kyriǭ hyper hymōn, hoti hautous anepausate chata panta trotōn. Ouden hymin paralogisthēsetai hōn eis autous epoiēsate. Dǭē hymin ho Kyrios heurein eleos para Kyriou en echeigę̄ tę̄ hēmerą. ᾿Antipsychon hymōn to pneuma mou, kai ta desma mou, ha ouch hypertthēsetai hē teleia elpis, Iēsous ho Christos.

Philo and Gaius and Agathopus, who followed me for the word of God, being deacons of Christ, you did well to receive as deacons of Christ. They also give great thanks to the Lord for you, because you refreshed them in every way. Nothing that you have done for them will be reckoned as lost to you. “May the Lord grant you to find mercy from the Lord on that day.” My spirit is a ransom for you, and my bonds, which … the perfect hope, Jesus the Christ.

2 Tim 1:18 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Tim 1:16 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius thanks the Smyrnaeans for receiving his companions Philo, Gaius and Agathopus.

This ref holds chapter 10. The last clause is garbled in the scan (that they did not despise his bonds, so Christ will not be ashamed of them); marked “…”. 2 Tim 1:18.

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 6.10 (PG 5:848; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-6-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Αἱ προσευκαὶ ὑμῶν ἤγγισαν εἰς τὴν Ἄντιοχέων Ἐχχλησίαν, καὶ εἰρηνεύεται’ ὅθεν δεδεμένα, πάντας ἀσπάζομαι, οὐχ ὧν ἄξιος ἐχεῖθεν, ἔσχατος αὐτῶν ὧν χατὰ δὲ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ χατηξιώθην δ᾽͵, οὐχ ἐχ συνειδήσεως ἐμῆς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐχ χάρ:τος Θεοῦ᾽ ἣν εὔχομαι τελείαν μοι δοθῆνα:, ἕνα ἐν ταῖς προσευχαῖς ὑμῶν, Θεοῦ ἐπιτύχω. Ὅπως οὖν ὑμῶν τὸ ἔργον τέλειον γένηται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, πρέπει εἰς Θεοῦ τιμὴν χειροτονῆσαι τὴν Ἐχχλησίαν ὑμῶν θεοπρεσθύτην, εἰς τὸ, γενόμενον ἐν Συρίᾳ, συγχαρῆναι αὐτοῖς, ὅτι εἐρηνεύουσι, καὶ ἀπέλαθδον τὸ ἴδιον μέγεθος, καὶ ἀποχατεστάθη αὐτοῖς τὸ ἴδιον σωμάτιον. Ὃ ἐφάνη μο: ἄξιον, τοῦτέ ἔστιν, ὥστε πέμψαι τινὰ τῶν ὑμετέρων μετ᾽ ἐπιστολῆς, ἵνα συνδοξάσῃ τὴν χατὰ Θεὸν αὑτοῖς γε- Χριστοῦ, διὰ τῶν προσευχῶν ὑμῶν. Τέλειοι ὄντες, τέλεια καὶ φρονεῖτε. Θέλουσι γὰρ ὑμῖν εὖ πράττειν, καὶ ἕτοιμός ἔστιν ὁ Θεὸς εἰς "' τὸ παρασχεῖν.

Hai proseukai hymōn ēngisan eis tēn Antiocheōn Echchlēsian, kai eirēneuetai’ hothen dedemena, pantas aspazomai, ouch hōn axios echeithen, eschatos autōn hōn chata de thelēma tou Theou chatēxiōthēn d᾽͵, ouch ech syneidēseōs emēs, all᾽ ech char:tos Theou᾽ hēn euchomai teleian moi dothēna:, hena en tais proseuchais hymōn, Theou epitychō. Hopōs oun hymōn to ergon teleion genētai epi tēs gēs, kai en tǭ ouranǭ, prepei eis Theou timēn cheirotonēsai tēn Echchlēsian hymōn theopresthytēn, eis to, genomenon en Syrią, syncharēnai autois, hoti eerēneuousi, kai apelathdon to idion megethos, kai apochatestathē autois to idion sōmation. Ho ephanē mo: axion, toute estin, hōste pempsai tina tōn hymeterōn met᾽ epistolēs, hina syndoxasę̄ tēn chata Theon hautois ge- Christou, dia tōn proseuchōn hymōn. Teleioi ontes, teleia kai phroneite. Thelousi gar hymin eu prattein, kai hetoimos estin ho Theos eis "' to paraschein.

Your prayers have reached the church of the Antiochenes, and it is at peace. Coming from there in bonds, I greet all, not being worthy to be from there, being the last of them; but according to the will of God I was counted worthy, not from any consciousness of my own, but by the grace of God, which I pray may be given to me in full, so that through your prayers I may attain to God. That your work, then, may be perfect on earth and in heaven, it is fitting that your church, for the honour of God, should appoint an ambassador of God, so that, when he has come to Syria, he may rejoice with them that they are at peace, have recovered their proper greatness, and have had their proper body restored to them. What seemed to me worthy is this: to send one of your own with a letter, that he may join in glorifying the calm that has come to them according to God … Christ, through your prayers. Being perfect, think perfect things also. For when you wish to do well, God is ready to grant it.

Phil 3:15 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius reports that the church of Antioch is at peace and asks the Smyrnaeans to send a messenger with a letter of congratulation.

This ref holds chapter 11. A few words are lost before “Christ” (that through their prayers Ignatius has reached a harbour).

Topics: Church office, Prayer

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᾿Ασπάζξεται ὑμᾶς ἢ ἀγάπη τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν τῶν ἐν Τρωάδι, ὅθεν καὶ γράφω ὑμῖν διὰ Βούργου (5]), ὃν ἀπεστείλατε μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ, ἅμα Ἐφεσίοις τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς κ' ὑμῶν’ ὃς χατὰ πάντα με ἀνέπαυσε. Καὶ ὅς … ζοῦ διαχονίας. ᾿Αμείψεται αὐτὸν ἡ χάρις τοῦ ζ(υρίου κατὰ πάντα. ᾿Ασπάζομαι τὸν ἀξιόθεον ἐπίγχοπὸν ὑμῶν Πολύχαρπον, καὶ τὸ θεοπρεπὲς πρεσδυἐριον, καὶ τοὺς Χριστοφόρους διαχόνους τοὺς συν- Οὔλους μου, καὶ τοὺς κατὰ ἄνδρα καὶ χοινῇ τάντας, ἐν ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ τῆς σαρχὸς "5 τοῦ, καὶ τῷ αἵματι, πάθει τε καὶ ἀναστάσει, σαρχῇ τε καὶ πνευματιχῇ, δ᾽ ἐνότητι Θεοῦ καὶ μῶν. Χάρις ὑμῖν, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη, ὑπομονὴ, διὰ πανὃς ἐν Χριστῷ.

᾿Aspazxetai hymas ē agapē tōn adelphōn hymōn tōn en Trōadi, hothen kai graphō hymin dia Bourgou (5]), hon apesteilate met᾽ emou, hama Ephesiois tois adelphois k' hymōn’ hos chata panta me anepause. Kai hos … zou diachonias. ᾿Ameipsetai auton hē charis tou z(yriou kata panta. ᾿Aspazomai ton axiotheon epinchopon hymōn Polycharpon, kai to theoprepes presdyerion, kai tous Christophorous diachonous tous syn- Oulous mou, kai tous kata andra kai choinę̄ tantas, en onomati Christou Iēsou, kai tēs sarchos "5 tou, kai tǭ haimati, pathei te kai anastasei, sarchę̄ te kai pneumatichę̄, d᾽ enotēti Theou kai mōn. Charis hymin, eleos, eirēnē, hypomonē, dia panos en Christǭ.

The love of your brothers in Troas greets you, from where I also write to you through Burrhus, whom you sent with me together with the Ephesians your brothers, who refreshed me in every way. And would that … of the ministry of God. The grace of the Lord will reward him in all things. I greet your God-worthy bishop Polycarp, and the godly presbytery, and the Christ-bearing deacons, my fellow servants, and all of you individually and in common, in the name of Christ Jesus, and in his flesh and blood, his passion and resurrection, both bodily and spiritual, in the unity of God and of you. Grace to you, mercy, peace, endurance, always in Christ.

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Summary: Ignatius sends greetings from Troas and greets Polycarp, the presbytery and the deacons of Smyrna.

This ref holds chapter 12. Migne's notes are removed in the middle; the words lost there (a wish that all would imitate Burrhus as a pattern) are marked “…”.

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Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): εθέλημα χατηξιώθην. δ: 4], καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ἕτοιμος εἰζ. Πέμψαι τινὰ τῶν ὑμετέρων. Νγάρτγιυσοίδδας οοὔδχ, ἡμετέρων, ποη ἰἰὰ τοῖα βαθοῖ. Αρ ολη, Υἱά. ποῖ. ἴῃ Ερίσε. αὐ Ἐρἱιεὶος. - Οὐχ ὧν ἄξιος ἐχδῖθεν, ἔσχατος αὐτῶν ὦν. Ογϑοδ, οὐχ ὧν ἄξιος ἐχεῖθεν (ργο ἐχείνων), ἔσχατος (2θὴ Κατὰ δὲ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ. ἴϊὰ οοάδχ ᾿᾿ρία ἰοσίταν ϑοι θη : οἱ υἱγουίαυδ, ποῖ ουη) μοι Ποῖ. ἰπ Ερίει. αἀ Ῥιμαάοίρπεπ. ἵν. 3 → … .

Topics: Church office

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6.13PG 5:848

᾿Ασπάζομαι τοὺς οἴχους τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου, ὺν γυναιξὶ καὶ τέχνοις, καὶ ἀειπαρθένους καὶ τὰς ἧρας. "Ἐῤῥωσθέ μοι ἐν δυνάμει 35 Πνεύματος. Ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Φίλων ὁ συνδιάχονος, ὁ ὧν σὺν ἐμοί. Ἀσπάζομαι τὸν οἶχον Γαυΐας 5, ἣν εὔχομαι δρᾶσθαι πίστει καὶ ἀγάπῃ σαρχικῇ τε καὶ νομα, καὶ Δάφνον τὸν ἀσύγχριτον, καὶ Εὔτεχον, καὶ πάντας χατ᾽ ὄνομα. "“Ἔῤῥωσθε ἐν χάριτι Ἰεοῦ καὶ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, πεπληρωμένοι [νεύματος ἁγίον, καὶ σοφίας θείας καὶ ἱερᾶς.

᾿Aspazomai tous oichous tōn adelphōn mou, yn gynaixi kai technois, kai aeiparthenous kai tas hēras. "Errhōsthe moi en dynamei 35 Pneumatos. Aspazetai hymas Philōn ho syndiachonos, ho hōn syn emoi. Aspazomai ton oichon Gauïas 5, hēn euchomai drasthai pistei kai agapę̄ sarchikę̄ te kai noma, kai Daphnon ton asynchriton, kai Eutechon, kai pantas chat᾽ onoma. "“Errhōsthe en chariti Ieou kai Kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, peplērōmenoi [neumatos hagion, kai sophias theias kai hieras.

I greet the households of my brothers, with their wives and children, and the ever-virgins, and the widows. Farewell to me in the power of the Spirit. Philo, my fellow deacon, who is with me, greets you. I greet the house of Gavia, which I pray may be strengthened in faith and love, both bodily and spiritual … and Daphnus the incomparable, and Eutecnus, and all by name. Farewell in the grace of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, filled with the Holy Spirit and with divine and sacred wisdom.

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

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Summary: Closing greetings to the households of Smyrna.

This ref holds chapter 13. Words are lost in the scan before “and Daphnus” (the greeting to Alce). Migne's note at the end is removed.

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Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): δἰϊ, ἰῃ Ομ γί βίο. → .

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Chapter 7

7.0PG 5:859

Ἐπίσχοπον Σμύρνης. Ἀὴ Ιγνάτιος ἐπίσχοπος Ἀγτιοχείας, ὁ καὶ μάρ- τυς Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Πυλυκάρπῳ ὑπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ ὃ᾽ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῖ'. πλεῖστα καίρειν.

Epischopon Smyrnēs. Aē Ignatios epischopos Agtiocheias, ho kai mar- tys Iēsou Christou, Pylykarpǭ hypo Theou Patros kai ho᾽ Iēsou Christoi'. pleista kairein.

[To Polycarp,] bishop of Smyrna. Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, who is also a martyr of Jesus Christ, to Polycarp, [overseen] by God the Father and Jesus Christ: abundant greeting.

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Summary: Ignatius greets Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna.

Long recension of Ignatius, To Polycarp, title and inscription. Most of this ref in the scan is Migne's notes (with a quotation of chapter 6), which are removed; a word is lost before “by God the Father” (“overseen”, as Migne's note on the title shows).

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7.1PG 5:859

᾿Αποδεχόμενος τὴν ἐν Θεῷ σου τνώμτην. ἡδρασμένην ὡς ἐπὶ πέτραν ἀχίνητον, ὕπερδοξάτω, χαταξιωθεὶς τοῦ προσώπου σου τοῦ ἀμώμου, οὗ ὀναΐ: μην ἐν Θεῷ. Παραχαλῶ σε ἐν χάριτι ἧ ἐνδέδυσαι, … σώζωνται. Ἐχδίχει σου τὸν τόπον, ἐν ἄση ἐπιμελείᾳ σαρχιχἧῇ τε καὶ πνευματιχῇ. τς ἑνώσεως φρόντιζε. ἧς οὐδὲν ἄμεινον. Πάνἰς βάσταζε, ὡς καί τε ὁ Κύριος" πάντων ἀνέχου ν ἀγάπῃ, ὥσπερ καὶ ποιεῖς προσευχαῖς χόλαζε ἀδιαλείπτοις αἰτοῦ σύνεσιν πλείονα ἧς χεις- γρηγόρει, ἀκοίμητον πνεῦμα χεχτημένος. ἰοῖς κατὰ ἄνδρα κατὰ ὁμοήθειαν 5 λάλει Θεοῦ. ἣς, ὡς καὶ ὁ Κύριος πάντων. Αὐτὸς γὰρ, σὶ, τὰς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν ἔλαδε, καὶ τὰς γόσους ἱμῶν ἐδάστασεν. "Ὅπου πλείων χόπος, πολὺ χέρὃς.

᾿Apodechomenos tēn en Theǭ sou tnōmtēn. hēdrasmenēn hōs epi petran achinēton, hyperdoxatō, chataxiōtheis tou prosōpou sou tou amōmou, hou onaï: mēn en Theǭ. Parachalō se en chariti hē endedysai, … sōzōntai. Echdichei sou ton topon, en asē epimeleią sarchichēę̄ te kai pneumatichę̄. ts henōseōs phrontize. hēs ouden ameinon. Panis bastaze, hōs kai te ho Kyrios" pantōn anechou n agapę̄, hōsper kai poieis proseuchais cholaze adialeiptois aitou synesin pleiona hēs cheis- grēgorei, akoimēton pneuma chechtēmenos. iois kata andra kata homoētheian 5 lalei Theou. hēs, hōs kai ho Kyrios pantōn. Autos gar, si, tas astheneias hēmōn elade, kai tas gosous himōn edastasen. "Hopou pleiōn chopos, poly cheros.

Approving your mind in God, founded as upon an immovable rock, I give exceeding glory that I was counted worthy of your blameless face, of which may I have joy in God. I exhort you, by the grace with which you are clothed … that they may be saved. Vindicate your office with all diligence, both of flesh and of spirit. Care for union, than which nothing is better. Bear with all, as the Lord also bears with you; put up with all in love, as indeed you do. Give yourself to unceasing prayers; ask for more understanding than you have; be watchful, possessing a sleepless spirit. Speak to each individually after the manner of God. … as the Lord does of all. For “he himself,” he says, “took our infirmities and bore our diseases.” Where there is more toil, there is much gain.

Matt 7:24 (allusion, medium confidence) · Eph 4:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Thess 5:17 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 8:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 53:4 (quotation, medium confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius exhorts Polycarp to fulfil his office as bishop with diligence, care for unity, patience and prayer.

Chapter 1. Migne's notes are removed after “clothed with”; the words lost there (to press on in his course and exhort all) are marked “…”. Before “as the Lord does of all” the words “bear the diseases of all” are lost. Matt 7:24–25; Matt 8:17 (Isa 53:4).

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Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): δἰ ρίοπεϊβϑῖπιο. Μή τις ὑμῶν δεσέρτωρ. εἰς. τὰ ὅεπόσιτα ὑμῶν, εἰς., τὰ ἀχχεπτὰ ὑμῶν, εἰς. ἔτλης (υ ἐπιγραφήν βυρροποιίοπι, τοῦ πρέποντος οἰ Ν Μαλ.1ο1:" ἐπεσχοπημένῳ ὑπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, κπιλεῖστα καίρειν. ἴιλ εἰ ηὐμευ ὸπὶ 8015 ἰδ 05 ροἰόηδιν, οὐ ης 6]ς9 νος δὸ Ερίδιυϊα θεομαχαριστοτάτου ερὶ πεῖ διδὶ ἰ΄ → … .

Topics: Church office, Prayer

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7.2PG 5:862

Καλοὺς μαθητὰς ἐὰν φιλῇς, χάρις σοι οὐχ στι᾿ μᾶλλον δὲ τοὺς λοιμοτέρους ἐν πραύτητι ὑπό- Β ασσε. Οὐ πᾶν τραῦμα τῇ αὐτῇ ἐμπλάστρῳ αἷς παῦε. Φρόνιμος γίνου, ὡς ὁ ὄφις, ἐν πᾶσι" …

Kalous mathētas ean philę̄s, charis soi ouch sti᾿ mallon de tous loimoterous en prautēti hypo- B asse. Ou pan trauma tę̄ autę̄ emplastrǭ hais paue. Phronimos ginou, hōs ho ophis, en pasi" …

If you love good disciples, it is no credit to you; rather bring the more troublesome into subjection by gentleness. Not every wound is healed by the same plaster; … Be wise as the serpent in all things …

Luke 6:32 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 10:16 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius counsels Polycarp to win difficult disciples by gentleness and to be wise as the serpent.

Opening of chapter 2. Several words are lost (“relieve paroxysms with moist applications”), and the rest of the ref is Migne's notes with readings of Antiochus and the Medicean manuscript (removed). Luke 6:32; Matt 10:16.

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Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): ἰππυσίυα, ναὶ Ππαθδηὶ νυ σαι! ΙἰὈγὶ οὐ. Μεῖἃ- ΠΕΒΊΠΗΕ Δπιϊοομυςβ, ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιμελείᾳ πνευ- Τῆς ἑνώσεως φρόντιζε, ἧς οὐδὲν ἄμεινον. ληοςἢ. φροντίζειν τῆς ἑνώσεως τῶν μελῶν, ἧς οὐὲν ἄμεινον. δὃ4) Πάντας βάσταζε, ὡς καί σε ὁ Κύριος" θαι ἐν ἀγάπῃ, πάντας βαστάζειν, ὡς καὶ αὑτὸν ὁ Ι0ς!). Προσεύχεσθαι ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀδιαλείπτως, αἱεἶν σύνεσιν πνευματιχὴν, εἰς τὸ διαχρίνειν αὐτὸν τὰ υμφέροντα, γρηγορεῖν, μεριμνᾶν περὶ πάντων. Πάντων τὰς νόσους βάσταζε, ὡς τέλειος θ.λτητής. Απιίοοσῃ. τὰ ἐλαττώματα πάντων καὶ τὰς ἥπους βαστάζειν, ὡς τέλειος ἀθλητής. [Βι». βία ᾿πιθ οί πὸ Δ ρ] ογαπι, 402π| ἐῶ Ρ 65; νυἱρίϊα, (ἰἐψα ὡς αὐτὸς) πάντων ἡμῶν τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἀνήνεγχεν ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον σταυρωϑεὶς ν ὁ ἅμωμος ὑπὲρ χολάσεως ἀξίων οὕτω καὶ ὑμᾶς τοῦ λαοῦ τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἐξιδιοποιεῖσθαι χρή. Εἴρηται γὰρ περὶ τοῦ ἐν Ἡσαῖα, ὅτι οὗτος τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν φέρει, καὶ περὶ ἡμὼν ὀδυνᾶται. ε [πη Δ Π0Γ6 5. 6}}Π| 6515 ("15 Ὅπου γὰρ πλείων χόπος, πολὺ καὶ τὸ χέρδος. [0. → ….

Topics: Church office

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7.3PG 5:862

… τοῦτο ἐχ ψυχῆς καὶ σώματος εἶ, σαρχιχὸς καὶ πνευματικὸς, ἵνα τὰ φαινόμενά σοι εἷς πρότωπὸν ἐπανορθώσῃς, τὰ δὲ ἀόρατα αἰτῆῇς "", ἵνα σοι φανερωθείη" ἵνα μηδέν σοι λείπῃ, καὶ παντὸς χαρίσματος περισσεύῃς. Ὁ καιρὸς ἀπαιτεῖ σε εὔχεσθαι. “Ὥσπερ γὰρ χυδερνήτῃ ἄνεμος συμθάλλεται, καὶ ὡς νηῖ χειμαζομένῃ λιμένες εὔθετοι εἰς σωτηρίαν, οὕτω καί σοι δ ἡ εὐχὴ πρὸς τὸ 55 περιτυχεῖν Θεοῦ. Νῆφε, ὡς Θεοῦ ἀθλητὴς, οὗ τὸ θέλημα, ἀφθαρσία, καὶ ζωὴ αἰώνιος" περὶ ἧς καὶ σὺ πέπεισαι. Κατὰ πάντα σοῦ ἀντίψυχος ἐγὼ, καὶ τὰ δεσμά μου ἃ ἢγάπησας. σχαλοῦντες, μὴ σε χαταπλησσέτωσαν. Στῆθι δὲ ἑδραῖος, ὡς ἄχμων τυπτόμενος. Μεγάλον ἐστὶν ἀθλητοῦ, δέρεσθαι, καὶ νιχᾷν. Μάλιστα δὲ ἕνεχεν Θεοῦ πάντα ὑπομένειν ἡμᾶς δεῖ, ἵνα καὶ αὐτὸς ἡμᾶς ἀναμείνῃ εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν. Πλεῖον πρόσθες τῇ σπουδῇ οὗ εἴ, συντονώτερον δράμε, τοὺς χαιροὺς χαταμάνθανε. Ὡς ἐνταῦθα εἶ, νίχησον, ὧδε γὰρ ἐστι τὸ στάδιον, ἐχεῖ δὲ οἱ στέφααἷ. Προσδόχα Χριστὸν τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ “ τὸν ἄχρονον ἐν χρόνῳ τὸν ἀόρατον τῇ φύσει, ὁρατὸν ἐν σαρχί᾿ τὸν ἁψηλάφητον καὶ ἀναφῇ, ὡς ἀσώματον, δι᾿ ἡμᾶς δὲ ἀπτὸν καὶ ψηλαφττὸν ἐν σώματι" τὸν ἀπαθῆ, ὡς Θεὸν, δι᾽ ἡμᾶς δὲ παθητὸν, ὡς ἄνθρωπον, τὸν χατὰ πάντα τρόπον δι᾽ ἡμᾶς ὑπομεί-

… touto ech psychēs kai sōmatos ei, sarchichos kai pneumatikos, hina ta phainomena soi heis protōpon epanorthōsę̄s, ta de aorata aitēę̄s "", hina soi phanerōtheiē" hina mēden soi leipę̄, kai pantos charismatos perisseuę̄s. Ho kairos apaitei se euchesthai. “Hōsper gar chydernētę̄ anemos symthalletai, kai hōs nēi cheimazomenę̄ limenes euthetoi eis sōtērian, houtō kai soi d hē euchē pros to 55 peritychein Theou. Nēphe, hōs Theou athlētēs, hou to thelēma, aphtharsia, kai zōē aiōnios" peri hēs kai sy pepeisai. Kata panta sou antipsychos egō, kai ta desma mou ha ēgapēsas. schalountes, mē se chataplēssetōsan. Stēthi de hedraios, hōs achmōn typtomenos. Megalon estin athlētou, deresthai, kai nichąn. Malista de henechen Theou panta hypomenein hēmas dei, hina kai autos hēmas anameinę̄ eis tēn basileian. Pleion prosthes tę̄ spoudę̄ hou ei, syntonōteron drame, tous chairous chatamanthane. Hōs entautha ei, nichēson, hōde gar esti to stadion, echei de hoi stephaai. Prosdocha Christon ton Huion tou Theou “ ton achronon en chronǭ ton aoraton tę̄ physei, horaton en sarchi᾿ ton hapsēlaphēton kai anaphę̄, hōs asōmaton, di᾿ hēmas de apton kai psēlaphtton en sōmati" ton apathē, hōs Theon, di᾽ hēmas de pathēton, hōs anthrōpon, ton chata panta tropon di᾽ hēmas hypomei-

… For this reason you are of soul and body, fleshly and spiritual, so that you may set right the things that appear before your face, and ask that the invisible things may be revealed to you, so that you may lack nothing and abound in every gift. The time demands that you pray. For as wind assists a pilot, and suitable harbours a storm-tossed ship for its safety, so prayer [assists] you to attain to God. Be sober, as God's athlete, whose will is incorruption and eternal life, of which you too are persuaded. In all things I am a ransom for you, I and my bonds, which you loved. [3] … teaching strange doctrines, let them not dismay you. Stand firm like an anvil when it is struck. It is the mark of a great athlete to be flayed and to conquer. And especially for God's sake we must endure all things, that he too may endure us into the kingdom. Add more to your zeal than you have; run more intensely; learn to understand the times. As you are here, conquer; for here is the stadium, and there the crowns. Look for Christ the Son of God, the timeless in time, invisible by nature, visible in the flesh; the impalpable and intangible, as bodiless, but for us touchable and tangible in a body; the impassible as God, but for us passible as man; who in every way for us endured …

1 Cor 9:25 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Tim 2:5 (allusion, low confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius urges Polycarp to pray, to stand firm like an anvil against false teachers, and to look for Christ, timeless, invisible and impassible, yet for us born and suffering.

Continues chapter 2 (its opening is Migne's notes, removed; the first words are lost) and holds chapter 3 ([3]), whose first words are also lost (“let not those who seem worthy of credit but …”). The ref breaks off mid-sentence. The long recension's paradoxes of Christ are translated as written.

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Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): 0, βόγιη. 4. Αἰμος!!. Καλοὺς μαθητὰς ἐὰν φιλῇ, χάρις αὐτῷ οὐχ ἔστιν. 15. δ Μλι. χ, 16. 55 4]. αἴτῃ. "5 ἀδδιιηὶ ἰμ 118. Φρόνιμος γίνου ὡς ὁ ὄτις ἐν πᾶσι, καὶ ἀκέραιος εἰσαεὶ, ὡς ἡ περιστερά. (οάοχ Μεύΐοδιις : Φρόνιμος γίνου ὡς ὄφις ἐν ἅπασιν, καὶ ἀχέραιος ὡς οἱ ὄφεις, καὶ ἀχέραιος ὡς αἱ περιστεραί. [πὶ Ἵνα τὰ φαινόμενά σοι εἰς πρόσωπον ἐπαν- (Ο8 : ἵνα τὰ φαινόμενά σου εἰς πρόσωπον χολα- (6115 : φανερωθῇ, ὅπως μηδενὸς λείπῃ. Οὐπι 400 οἱ Ὃ καιρὸς ἀπαιτεῖ, οἰς., υϑηι6 δὰ πρὸς τὸ ἐπιτυχεῖν Θεοῦ. Ἢ εὐχὴ πρός, αυοά ἐχ Νγάύρευοδι υἱπη0. Ροίογα : οἱ βίου πάνθ 665 Γροι5 “ Ὃ χαιρὸς ἀπαιτεῖ σε ὡς χνυδερνῆται ἀνέμους καὶ ὡς χειμαζόμενος λιμένα εἰς τὸ Θεοῦ → … ; τοῦ. χον ἐγώ, ιν. Ρ. Ρ. νοι. → ; Α πδίηγα, υἱβί δ δπη ἐπ σᾶγηθ; ἱπιραϊραυΐϊοπι οἱ → .

Topics: Christology, Prayer, Church office

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Αἱ χῆραι μὴ ἀμελείσθωσαν. Μετὰ τὸν Κύριον, σὺ αὐτῶν φροντιστὴς ἔσο. Μηδὲν ἄνευ τῆς γνώμης σου γινέσθω: μηδὲ σὺ ἄνευ Θεοῦ γνώμης τι πρᾶσσε, ὅπερ οὐδὲ πράττεις. Εὐστάθει. Πυχνότερον συναγωγαὶ γινέσθωσαν. Ἔξ ὀνόματος πάντας ζήτει, Δούλους καὶ δούλας μὴ ὑπερηφάνει" ἀλλὰ μηδὲ αὐτοὶ φυσιούσθωσαν, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ πλεῖον δωλευέτωσαν, ἵνα χρείττονος ἐλευθερίας τύχωσιν ἀπὸ θεοῦ, Μὴ αἱρέτωσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ χοινοῦ ἐλευθεροῦσθαι, ἵνα μὴ δοῦλοι εὑρεθῶσιν ἐπιθυμίας. … τούτων ὁμιλίαν 3" μὴ ποιοὺ. Ταῖς ἀδελφαῖς μὸν προσλάλει ἀγαπᾷν τὸν Κύριον, καὶ τοῖς συμδίοις ἀρχεῖσθαι σαρχὶ καὶ πνεύματι. Ὁμοίως καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου παράγγελλε, ἐν ἀνόματι Ἶησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἀγαπᾷν τὰς συμδίους, ὡς ὁ Κύριος τὴν Ἔχχλησίαν, Εἴ τις δύναται ἐν ἀγνείᾳ μένειν, εἰς τιμὴν τῆς σαρχὸς τοῦ Κυρίου, ἐν ἀκαυχησίᾳ μενέτω ἐχν χαυχήσεται, ἀπώλετο. Καὶ ἐὰν γνωσθῇ πλὴν τοῦ ἐπισχόπου, ἔφθαρται. Πρέπει δὲ τοῖς γαμοῦσι (θὅ) καὶ ταῖς γαμούσαις, μετὰ " γνώμῆς τοῦ ἐπισχόπου τὴν ἕνωσιν ποιεῖσθαι, ἵνα ὁ γάμος ἣ κατὰ Κύριον, καὶ μὴ χατ᾽ ἐπιθυμίαν. Πάντα εἰς τιμὴν Θεοῦ γινέσθω. ΥἹΙ. Τῷ ἐπισχόπῳ προσέχετε, ἵνα καὶ ὁ Θεὸς Β ὑμῖν. ᾿Αντίψυχον ἐγὼ τῶν ὑποτασσομένων ἐπισχόπῳ, πρεσθυτερίῳ, διαχόνοις. Μετ' αὐτῶν μοι τὸ μόρος γένοιτο ἔχειν παρὰ Θεοῦ ὃ (θ8). Συγχοπιᾶτε ἀλλήλοις, συνεγείρεσθε ὡς Θεοῦ οἰχονόμοι, καὶ πάρεδροι, καὶ δπηρέται. ᾿Αρέσχετε ᾧ στρατεύεσθε, ἀφ᾽ οὗ καὶ τὰ ὀψώνια χομίσεσθε. Μή τις ὑμῶν δεσέρτωρ εὑρεθῇ ((). Τὸ βάπτισμα ὑμῶν μενέτω, ὡς ὅπλα" ἡ πίστις, ὡς περιχεφαλαία " ἡ ἀγάπη, ὡς δόρυ" ἡ ὑπομονὴ, ὡς πανοπλία. Τὰ δεπόσιτα ὑμῶν, τὰ ἔργα ὑμῶν, ἵνα τὰ … μεῖτε οὖν μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων ἐν πραὔτητι, καὶ ὁ θεὸς μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν. Ὀναίμην ὑμῶν διὰ παντός (θ).

Hai chērai mē ameleisthōsan. Meta ton Kyrion, sy autōn phrontistēs eso. Mēden aneu tēs gnōmēs sou ginesthō: mēde sy aneu Theou gnōmēs ti prasse, hoper oude pratteis. Eustathei. Pychnoteron synagōgai ginesthōsan. Ex onomatos pantas zētei, Doulous kai doulas mē hyperēphanei" alla mēde autoi physiousthōsan, all᾽ eis doxan Theou pleion dōleuetōsan, hina chreittonos eleutherias tychōsin apo theou, Mē hairetōsan apo tou choinou eleutherousthai, hina mē douloi heurethōsin epithymias. … toutōn homilian 3" mē poiou. Tais adelphais mon proslalei agapąn ton Kyrion, kai tois symdiois archeisthai sarchi kai pneumati. Homoiōs kai tois adelphois mou parangelle, en anomati Iēsou Christou, agapąn tas symdious, hōs ho Kyrios tēn Echchlēsian, Ei tis dynatai en agneią menein, eis timēn tēs sarchos tou Kyriou, en akauchēsią menetō echn chauchēsetai, apōleto. Kai ean gnōsthę̄ plēn tou epischopou, ephthartai. Prepei de tois gamousi (tho) kai tais gamousais, meta " gnōmēs tou epischopou tēn henōsin poieisthai, hina ho gamos hē kata Kyrion, kai mē chat᾽ epithymian. Panta eis timēn Theou ginesthō. HuII. Tǭ epischopǭ prosechete, hina kai ho Theos B hymin. ᾿Antipsychon egō tōn hypotassomenōn epischopǭ, presthyteriǭ, diachonois. Met' autōn moi to moros genoito echein para Theou ho (th8). Synchopiate allēlois, synegeiresthe hōs Theou oichonomoi, kai paredroi, kai dpēretai. ᾿Areschete hǭ strateuesthe, aph᾽ hou kai ta opsōnia chomisesthe. Mē tis hymōn desertōr heurethę̄ ((). To baptisma hymōn menetō, hōs hopla" hē pistis, hōs perichephalaia " hē agapē, hōs dory" hē hypomonē, hōs panoplia. Ta deposita hymōn, ta erga hymōn, hina ta … meite oun met᾽ allēlōn en prautēti, kai ho theos meth᾽ hymōn. Onaimēn hymōn dia pantos (th).

Let the widows not be neglected; after the Lord, be their guardian. Let nothing be done without your consent; and do nothing without the mind of God, as indeed you do not. Stand firm. Let meetings be held more often. Seek out all by name. Do not be haughty toward slaves, male or female; but neither let them be puffed up, but let them serve the more to the glory of God, that they may obtain a better freedom from God. Let them not desire to be set free at the common expense, lest they be found slaves of desire. [5] … about these … Speak to my sisters, that they love the Lord and be content with their husbands in flesh and spirit. Likewise charge my brothers, in the name of Jesus Christ, to love their wives as the Lord loves the church. If anyone is able to remain in chastity to the honour of the flesh of the Lord, let him remain so without boasting; if he boasts, he is lost; and if it becomes known to anyone besides the bishop, he is corrupted. It is fitting for men and women who marry to make their union with the consent of the bishop, that the marriage may be according to the Lord and not according to desire. Let all things be done to the honour of God. [6] Give heed to the bishop, that God also may give heed to you. I am a ransom for those who are subject to the bishop, the presbytery and the deacons; with them may it be my lot to have my portion from God. Toil together with one another, … rise up together, as God's stewards and assessors and servants. Please him whose soldiers you are, from whom you will also receive your wages. Let none of you be found a deserter. Let your baptism remain as your arms; your faith as a helmet; love as a spear; endurance as full armour. Let your works be your deposits, that … Be long-suffering, then, with one another in gentleness, as God is with you. May I have joy of you always.

1 Tim 5:3 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Tim 6:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 7:21 (allusion, low confidence) · Eph 5:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 5:29 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 7:39 (allusion, low confidence) · 1 Cor 4:1 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Tim 2:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 6:11 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 6:17 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius gives Polycarp instructions on widows, slaves, wives and husbands, celibacy and marriage, and urges the church to serve as God's soldiers under the bishop.

This ref holds chapter 4, chapter 5 ([5]) and chapter 6 ([6]). Migne's notes and readings are removed at two points; words lost there are marked “…” (the opening of chapter 5, “flee evil arts”, of which only “about these” survives; and the end of the military image, “that you may receive your back pay worthy of God”). In chapter 6 the scan omits several of the “together” verbs (strive, run, suffer, sleep). Celibacy without boasting and marriage with the bishop's consent are translated as written. Latin military terms (desertor, deposita, accepta) appear in Greek letters, as in the short recension. Eph 5:25; Eph 6:11–17.
“If it becomes known to anyone besides the bishop” renders πλὴν τοῦ ἐπισκόπου as printed; the short recension reads πλέον, which some take as “if he thinks himself above the bishop”.

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Topics: Marriage, Church office, Baptism

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Ἐπειδὴ ἡ Ἐχχλησία ἡ ἐν ᾿Αντιοχείᾳ τῆς Συρίας εἰρηνεύει, ὡς ἐδηλώθη μοι ", διὰ τῆς προσευχῆς ὑμῶν, χἀγὼ εὐθυμότερος ἐγενόμην ἐν ἀμεριμνίᾳ Θεοῦ " ἐάν περ διὰ τοῦ παθεῖν, Θεοῦ ἐπιτύχω, εἰς τὸ εὑρεθῆναέ με ἕν τῇ αἰτήσει ὑμῶν μαθητὴν. Πρέγεῖν θεοπρεπέστατον, καὶ χειροτονῆσαι, εἴ τινα ἀγαπητὸν λίαν ἔχετε καὶ ἄοχνον, ὃς δυνήσεται θῆναι εἰς Συρίαν, ἵνα πορευθεὶς εἰς Συρίαν, δοξάσῃί ὑμῶν τὴν ἄοχνον ἀγάπην εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ. Ὁ Χριστιανὸς ἐξουσίαν ἑαυτοῦ οὐχ ἔχει, ἀλλὰ Θεῷ σχολάζει (1θ). Τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον Θεοῦ ἐστι καὶ ὑμῶν, ὅταν ταὐτὸ ἀπαρτίσητε. Πιστεύω γὰρ τῇ χάριτι, ὅτι ἔτοιμοΐ ἐστε εἰς εὐποιῖαν Θεῷ ἀνήχουσαν. Εἰδὼς ὑμῶν τὸ σύντομον " τῆς ἀληθείας, δι᾽ ὀλίγων ὑμᾶς γραμμάτων παρεχάλεσα. ᾿

Epeidē hē Echchlēsia hē en ᾿Antiocheią tēs Syrias eirēneuei, hōs edēlōthē moi ", dia tēs proseuchēs hymōn, chagō euthymoteros egenomēn en amerimnią Theou " ean per dia tou pathein, Theou epitychō, eis to heurethēnae me hen tę̄ aitēsei hymōn mathētēn. Pregein theoprepestaton, kai cheirotonēsai, ei tina agapēton lian echete kai aochnon, hos dynēsetai thēnai eis Syrian, hina poreutheis eis Syrian, doxasę̄i hymōn tēn aochnon agapēn eis doxan Theou. Ho Christianos exousian heautou ouch echei, alla Theǭ scholazei (1th). Touto to ergon Theou esti kai hymōn, hotan tauto apartisēte. Pisteuō gar tę̄ chariti, hoti etoimoï este eis eupoiian Theǭ anēchousan. Eidōs hymōn to syntomon " tēs alētheias, di᾽ oligōn hymas grammatōn parechalesa. ᾿

Since the church in Antioch of Syria is at peace, as has been made known to me, through your prayer, I too have become more cheerful in a freedom from care that comes from God, if indeed through suffering I attain to God, so as to be found a disciple through your intercession. It is fitting … most godly, and to appoint someone whom you hold very dear and who is unwearying, who will be able to be … to go to Syria, so that, going to Syria, he may glorify your unwearying love to the glory of God. A Christian has no authority over himself, but gives his time to God. This work is God's and yours, when you complete it. For I trust in grace that you are ready for a good deed that belongs to God. Knowing your earnestness for the truth, I have exhorted you by a short letter.

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

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Summary: Ignatius asks Polycarp to convene a council and appoint a messenger to go to Antioch, now at peace.

This ref holds chapter 7. Words are lost in the scan after “It is fitting” (“most blessed Polycarp, to convene a council”) and after “able to be” (“called God's courier”).

Topics: Church office

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Ἐπεὶ οὖν πάσαις ([ταῖς Ἐχχλησίαις οὐχ ἢδυ- "ἤθην γράψαι, διὰ τὸ ἐξαίφνης πλεῖν με ἀπὸ Τρωάδος :ἰς Νεάπολιν, ὡς τὸ Ἶ θέλημα προστάσσει, γράψεις αῖς ἔμπροσθεν Ἐχχλησίαις, ὡς Θεοῦ γνώμην χεχτηκένος εἰς τὸ καὶ αὐτοὺς τοῦτο ποιῆσαι " οἱ μὲν δυνάμενοι, πεζοὺς πέμψαι" οἱ δξ, ἔπιστολᾶς, δε τῶν ὑπὸ σοῦ πεμπομένων" ἕνα δοξασθῆτε " ἐν αἰωνίω ἔργῳ, ὡς ἄξιος ὧν ἢ. ᾿Ασπάζομαι πάντας ἔξ ὀνόματος, καὶ τὴν τοῦ Ἐπιτρόπου σὺν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴχῳ αὐτῖς, καὶ τῶν τέχνων. ᾿Ασπάζομαι Ἄτταλον τὸν 3" ἀγχπτιτόν μου. ᾿Ασπάζομαι τὸν μέλλοντα καταξιοῦσθα: εἰς Συρίαν πορεύεσθαι. “Ἔσται ἡ χάρις μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ διὰ παντὸς, καὶ τοῦ πέμποντος αὐτὸν Πολυκάρπου. ῥῶσθαι ὑμᾶς διὰ παντὸς ἐν Θεῷ ἡμῶν Χριστῷ εὔχομαι, ἐν ᾧ διαμείνατε ἐν ἑνότητι Θεοῦ καὶ ἐπισχοπῇ "". ᾿Ασπάζομαι "Αλχὴν τὸ ποθητόν μοι ὄνομα. ᾿Αμὴν. Ἡ χάρις. Ἔῤῥωϑθε ἐν Κυρίῳ "3,

Epei oun pasais ([tais Echchlēsiais ouch ēdy- "ēthēn grapsai, dia to exaiphnēs plein me apo Trōados :is Neapolin, hōs to I thelēma prostassei, grapseis ais emprosthen Echchlēsiais, hōs Theou gnōmēn chechtēkenos eis to kai autous touto poiēsai " hoi men dynamenoi, pezous pempsai" hoi dx, epistolas, de tōn hypo sou pempomenōn" hena doxasthēte " en aiōniō ergǭ, hōs axios hōn ē. ᾿Aspazomai pantas ex onomatos, kai tēn tou Epitropou syn holǭ tǭ oichǭ autis, kai tōn technōn. ᾿Aspazomai Attalon ton 3" anchptiton mou. ᾿Aspazomai ton mellonta kataxioustha: eis Syrian poreuesthai. “Estai hē charis met᾽ autou dia pantos, kai tou pempontos auton Polykarpou. rhōsthai hymas dia pantos en Theǭ hēmōn Christǭ euchomai, en hǭ diameinate en henotēti Theou kai epischopę̄ "". ᾿Aspazomai "Alchēn to pothēton moi onoma. ᾿Amēn. Hē charis. Errhōϑthe en Kyriǭ "3,

Since, then, I have not been able to write to all the churches, because I am sailing suddenly from Troas to Neapolis, as the will [of God] commands, you will write to the churches in front, as one who possesses the mind of God, so that they too may do this: those who are able sending messengers on foot, and the rest letters through those sent by you, that you may be glorified by an eternal work, as you are worthy. I greet all by name, and the wife of the Procurator, with her whole household and her children. I greet Attalus my beloved. I greet him who is to be counted worthy to go to Syria. Grace will be with him always, and with Polycarp who sends him. I pray for your health always in Christ our God, in whom may you remain in the unity of God and his oversight. I greet Alce, a name dear to me. Amen. Grace. Farewell in the Lord.

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Summary: Ignatius asks Polycarp to write to the other churches on his behalf and sends final greetings.

This ref holds chapter 8. “The Procurator” (τοῦ Ἐπιτρόπου) may be a title or a proper name (Epitropus). Migne's notes are removed in the middle and at the end.

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Topics: Church office

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Chapter 8

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Ἰγνάτιος, ὁ καὶ Θεοφόρος, τῇ σεσωσμέγνῃ ἐν Χρεἔλεος, εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς, καὶ Κυρί(: Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, πιληθυγθείη διὰ παντάς.

Ignatios, ho kai Theophoros, tę̄ sesōsmegnę̄ en Chreeleos, eirēnē apo Theou Patros, kai Kyri(: Iēsou Christou, pilēthygtheiē dia pantas.

Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the church that is saved in Christ … mercy and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be multiplied always.

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

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Summary: Ignatius greets the church at Tarsus.

Pseudo-Ignatius, To the Tarsians, inscription (one of the six letters added in the long recension). Words are lost in the scan after “in Christ” (the church's titles, its city and “grace”).

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 8.0 (PG 5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-8-0). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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᾿Απὸ Συρίας μέχρι Ῥώμης θηριομαχῶ“ οὐχ ὑτὸ ἀλόγων θηρίων βιδρωσχόμενος. ταῦτα Ὑὰρ, ὡς ἵστε, Θεοῦ θελήσαντος, ἐφείσαντο τοῦ Δανεέλ᾽ … ἀ.11᾽ οὐδενὸς.16γον' ποιοῦμαι τῶν δεινῶν, οὐδὲ ἔχω τὴν ψυχὴν τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ, ὡς ἀγαπῶν "' αὑτὴν μᾶλλον ἣ τὸν Κύριον. Διὸ ἕτοιμός εἶμι πρὸς πῦρ, πρὸς θηρία, πρὸς ξίφος, πρὸς σταυρόν" μόνον, ἵνα τὸν Χριστὸν ἴδω τὸν Σωτῆρά μου καὶ Θεὸν, τὸν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ἀποθανόντα. Παραχαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς ἐγὼ ὁ δέσμιος Χριστοῦ, ὁ διὰ γῆς καὶ θαλάττης ἐλαυνόμενος" στήχετε ἐν τῇ πίστει, ἑδραῖοι γίνεσθε, ὅτι δίχαιος ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται" γίνεσθε ἀκλινεῖς, ὅτι Κύριος κατοικίζει μονοτρόπους 3 Φ ἐν οἴχῳ.

᾿Apo Syrias mechri Rhōmēs thēriomachō“ ouch hyto alogōn thēriōn bidrōschomenos. tauta Hyar, hōs histe, Theou thelēsantos, epheisanto tou Daneel᾽ … a.11᾽ oudenos.16gon' poioumai tōn deinōn, oude echō tēn psychēn timian emautǭ, hōs agapōn "' hautēn mallon hē ton Kyrion. Dio hetoimos eimi pros pyr, pros thēria, pros xiphos, pros stauron" monon, hina ton Christon idō ton Sōtēra mou kai Theon, ton hyper emou apothanonta. Parachalō oun hymas egō ho desmios Christou, ho dia gēs kai thalattēs elaunomenos" stēchete en tę̄ pistei, hedraioi ginesthe, hoti dichaios ek pisteōs zēsetai" ginesthe aklineis, hoti Kyrios katoikizei monotropous 3 Ph en oichǭ.

From Syria to Rome I am fighting with beasts, not being devoured by irrational beasts, for these, as you know, by God's will spared Daniel … but I make no account of any terrors, nor do I hold my life dear to myself, as though I loved it more than the Lord. Therefore I am ready for fire, for beasts, for sword, for cross, only that I may see Christ, my Saviour and God, who died for me. I therefore, the prisoner of Christ, who am driven over land and sea, exhort you: stand firm in the faith; be steadfast, for “the righteous shall live by faith”; be unwavering, for “the Lord makes those of one way to dwell in a house.”

Dan 6:22 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 20:24 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 16:13 (allusion, medium confidence) · Hab 2:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 1:17 (quotation, medium confidence) · Ps 68:6 (67:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: On his way to Rome Ignatius declares himself ready for every death and urges the Tarsians to stand firm in the faith.

Chapter 1. Migne's notes are removed after “spared Daniel”; the words lost there (that he is devoured by beasts in human form) are marked “…”. Dan 6:22; Acts 20:24; Hab 2:4; Ps 68:6 (LXX 67:7).

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Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 8.1 (PG 5:839; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Ἔγνων ὅτι τινὲς τῶν τοῦ Σατανᾶ ὑπηρετῶν ἐδουλήθησαν ὑμᾶς ταράξαι" οἱ μὲν, ὅτι Ἰησοῦς δοχήσει ἐσταυρώθη 56, καὶ δοχήσει ἀπέθανεν 57: οἱ δὲ, ὅτι οὐχ ἔστιν Υἱὸς τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ" οἱ δὲ, ὅτι αὐτός ἔστιν ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων Θεός ἄλλοι δὲ, ὅτι ψιλὸς ἄνθρωπός ἐστιν" ἕτεροι δὲ, ὅτι ἣ σὰρξ αὕτη οὐχ ἐγεΐρεται κ᾿, καὶ δεῖ τὸν ἀπολαυστιχὸν βίον ζῇν καὶ μετιέναι 45 ({)" τοῦτο 15 γὰρ εἶναι πέρας τῶν ἀγαθῶν τοῖς μετ᾽ οὐ πολὺ φθαρησομένοις. Τοσούτων «αχῶν ἑσμὸς εἰσεχώμασεν. ᾿Αλλ’ ὑμεῖς οὐδὲ πρὸς ὥραν εἴξατε τῇ ὑποταγῇ αὐτῶν (δ). Παύλου γάρ ἐστε πολῖται καὶ μαθηταὶ, τοῦ ἀπὸ ᾿Ιεροσοιλύτος τὸ Εὐαγγέ.ιον, καὶ τὰ στίγματα τοῦ Χριστοῦ

Egnōn hoti tines tōn tou Satana hypēretōn edoulēthēsan hymas taraxai" hoi men, hoti Iēsous dochēsei estaurōthē 56, kai dochēsei apethanen 57: hoi de, hoti ouch estin Huios tou Dēmiourgou" hoi de, hoti autos estin ho epi pantōn Theos alloi de, hoti psilos anthrōpos estin" heteroi de, hoti hē sarx hautē ouch egeïretai k᾿, kai dei ton apolaustichon bion zę̄n kai metienai 45 ({)" touto 15 gar einai peras tōn agathōn tois met᾽ ou poly phtharēsomenois. Tosoutōn «achōn hesmos eisechōmasen. ᾿All’ hymeis oude pros hōran eixate tę̄ hypotagę̄ autōn (d). Paulou gar este politai kai mathētai, tou apo ᾿Ierosoilytos to Euange.ion, kai ta stigmata tou Christou

I have learned that certain servants of Satan wished to trouble you: some saying that Jesus was crucified in appearance and died in appearance; others, that he is not the Son of the Creator; others, that he himself is the God over all; others, that he is a mere man; others, that this flesh does not rise, and that one must live and pursue a life of enjoyment, for this is the limit of good things for those who will shortly perish. Such a swarm of evils has burst in. But you did not yield to their subjection even for an hour. For you are fellow citizens and disciples of Paul, who [preached] the Gospel from Jerusalem … and the marks of Christ …

Gal 2:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Rom 15:19 (allusion, high confidence) · Gal 6:17 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius lists the errors that false teachers have brought to Tarsus and praises the Tarsians, Paul's fellow citizens, for resisting them.

Chapter 2. The last sentence is incomplete in the scan (Paul preached “as far as Illyricum” and bore “the marks of Christ in his flesh”). Gal 2:5; Rom 15:19; Gal 6:17.

Topics: Heresy, Christology

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 8.2 (PG 5:839; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Οὗ μεμνημένοι, πάντως γινώσχετε ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ὁ αὶ Κύριος ᾽5 ἀληθῶς ἐγεννήθη ἐχ Μαρίας, γενόμενος

Hou memnēmenoi, pantōs ginōschete hoti Iēsous ho ai Kyrios ᾽5 alēthōs egennēthē ech Marias, genomenos

Remembering him, you know assuredly that Jesus the Lord was truly born of Mary, having become …

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

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Summary: Opening of Ignatius's affirmation that Jesus was truly born.

Opening of chapter 3; the rest of the chapter is lost in the scan (ref 8.4 is only Migne's notes).

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 8.3 (PG 5:839; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-8-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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… φησὶ, μὴ γένοιτο καυχᾶσθαι, εἰ μὴ ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Κυρίου τοῦ Ἰησοῦ. Καὶ ἀληθείᾳ ἔπαθε, καὶ ἀπέθανε, καὶ ἀνέστη. Εἰ παθητὸς γὰρ, φησὶν, ὁ Χριστὸς, εἰ πρῶτος ἐξ ἀναστάσεως γεχρῶν. Καί" Ὃ ἀπέθανε, τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἀπέθαγεν ἐφάπαξ ὃ δὲ ζῇ, τῷ Θεῷ ζῇ. Ἐπεὶ τίς χρεία δεσμῶν, Χριστοῦ μὴ ἐπιθανόντος 7᾽; τίς χρεία ὑπομονῆς; τίς χρεία μαστίγων; Τί δήποτε, Πέτρος μὲν ἐσταυροῦτο᾽ Παῦλος δὲ καὶ Ἰάχωδος μακαίρᾳ ἐτέμνοντο᾽ Ἰωάννης δὲ ἐφυγαδεύετο ἐν Πάτμῳ’ Στέφανος δὲ ἐν λίθοις ἀνγρεῖτο παρὰ τῶν χυριοχτόνων Ἰουδαίων (δ); ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲν τούτων εἰχῇ. ᾿Αληθείᾳ γὰρ ἐσταυρώθη ὁ Κύριος ὑπὸ τῶν δυσσεδῶν. Β ΥΥ. Καὶ ὅτι οὗτος ὁγεννηθεὶς ἐχ γυναιχὸς, ἔστι τοῦ Θεοῦ᾽ καὶ ὁ σταυρωθεὶς, πρωτότοχος πάστς χτίσεως, καὶ Θεὸς Λόγος" καὶ αὐτὸς ἐποίησε τὰ πάντα. Λέγει γὰρ ὃ ᾿Απόστολος" Εἷς Θεὸς ὁ Πα: τὴρ, ἐξ οὗ τὰ πάντα" καὶ εἷς Κύριος ᾿Ιησοῦς Χρειστὸς, δι’ οὗ τὰ πάντα. Καὶ πάλιν" Εἷς γὰρ Θεὸς, καὶ εἷς μεσίτης Θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων, ἄνγθρωπος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός" καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ ἐχείσθη τὰ «ἄντα ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς, ὁρατὰ καὶ ἀόρατα; καὶ αὐτός ἐστι πρὸ πάντων, καὶ τὰ πάγτα ἐν αὖ-

… phēsi, mē genoito kauchasthai, ei mē en tǭ staurǭ tou Kyriou tou Iēsou. Kai alētheią epathe, kai apethane, kai anestē. Ei pathētos gar, phēsin, ho Christos, ei prōtos ex anastaseōs gechrōn. Kai" Ho apethane, tę̄ hamartią apethagen ephapax ho de zę̄, tǭ Theǭ zę̄. Epei tis chreia desmōn, Christou mē epithanontos 7᾽? tis chreia hypomonēs? tis chreia mastigōn? Ti dēpote, Petros men estaurouto᾽ Paulos de kai Iachōdos makairą etemnonto᾽ Iōannēs de ephygadeueto en Patmǭ’ Stephanos de en lithois angreito para tōn chyriochtonōn Ioudaiōn (d)? all᾽ ouden toutōn eichę̄. ᾿Alētheią gar estaurōthē ho Kyrios hypo tōn dyssedōn. B YY. Kai hoti houtos hogennētheis ech gynaichos, esti tou Theou᾽ kai ho staurōtheis, prōtotochos pasts chtiseōs, kai Theos Logos" kai autos epoiēse ta panta. Legei gar ho ᾿Apostolos" Heis Theos ho Pa: tēr, ex hou ta panta" kai heis Kyrios ᾿Iēsous Chreistos, di’ hou ta panta. Kai palin" Heis gar Theos, kai heis mesitēs Theou kai anthrōpōn, angthrōpos Iēsous Christos" kai en autǭ echeisthē ta «anta en ouranǭ kai epi gēs, horata kai aorata? kai autos esti pro pantōn, kai ta pagta en au-

… says: “Far be it from me to boast except in the cross of the Lord Jesus.” And he truly suffered and died and rose. For “if Christ is subject to suffering,” he says, “if he is the first to rise from the dead.” And: “The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.” Otherwise what need of chains, if Christ did not die? What need of endurance? What need of scourges? Why was Peter crucified, and Paul and James cut down with the sword, and John exiled to Patmos, and Stephen put to death with stones by the Lord-killing Jews? But none of these things was in vain; for the Lord was truly crucified by the ungodly. [4] And that he who was born of a woman is the Son of God, and that he who was crucified is the firstborn of all creation and God the Word, and that he himself made all things. For the apostle says: “There is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things.” And again: “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ”; and “in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible; and he is before all things, and all things in him …

Gal 6:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 26:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 6:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 12:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · Rev 1:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 7:59 (allusion, high confidence) · Gal 4:4 (allusion, medium confidence) · Col 1:15 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 8:6 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 2:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 1:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 1:17 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius argues from the apostles' sufferings that Christ truly suffered, and from Paul that the crucified one is the firstborn of creation and God the Word.

End of chapter 3 and chapter 4 ([4]). The ref opens with Migne's notes (removed); the first words are lost. “The Lord-killing Jews” is the long recension's wording, translated as written. Gal 6:14; Acts 26:23; Rom 6:10; Gal 4:4; Col 1:15–17; 1 Cor 8:6; 1 Tim 2:5.

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Topics: Christology, Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 8.4 (PG 5:839; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-8-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Καὶ ὅτι οὐχ αὐτόςϊεστιν ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ, ἀλλ' Υἱὸς ἐχείνου, λέγει" ᾿Αγαδαίνγω πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα μου καὶ Πατέρα ὑμῶν, καὶ Θεόν μου καὶ Θεὸν ὑμῶν. Καί: “Ὅταν ὑποταγῇ αὑτῷ τὰ πάντα, τότε καὶ "' αὐτὸς Κ ὑποταγήσεται (1 Δ) τῷ ὑποτάξαντι αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα, ἵνα ἦ ὁ Θεὸς τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν. Οὐχοῦν ἕτερός ἔστιν ὁ ὑποτάξας, καὶ ὧν τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσι καὶ ἕτερος, ᾧ ὑπετάγην ὅς 51 καὶ μετὰ πάντων ὑποτάσσεται. ΥἹ. Καὶ οὔτε ψιλὸς ἄνθρωπος, ὁ δι᾽ οὗ, καὶ ἐν ᾧ γέγονε τὰ πάντα. Πάντα γὰρ δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο. Ἡγίχα ἐποίει τὸν οὐρανὸν, συμπαρήμην αὖ- τῷ, καὶ ἐχεῖ ἥμην παρ' αὑτῷ ἁρμόζουσα, καὶ προσέχαιρέ μοι καθ᾽ ἡμέραν. Πῶς δ᾽ ἂν ὁ ψιλὸς ἄν- ἔλεγε Πρὶν ᾿Αδραὰμ γενέσθαι, ἐγώ εἰμι; Καί" Δός ξασόν" με τῇ δόξῃ" σου ἧἦ εἶχον πρὸ τοῦ τὸν …; Περὶ ποίου δὲ ἀνθρώπου ἔλεγεν’ Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ … εἰς τὸν κόσμον" ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι΄ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐχ ἔγνω" εἰς … Πῶς οὖν ὁ τοιοῦτος, Ψιλὸς ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ἐχ Μαρίας ἔχων τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ εἶναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχὶ Θεὸς Λόγος, καὶ μονογενὴς Υἱός; Ἐν ἀρχῇ γὰρ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ Β ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λότος. Καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις Κύριος ἔχτισέ μὲ ἀρχὴν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ, εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ " πρὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος ἐθεμελίωσέ με πρὸ δὲ πάντων βουνῶν γεγγᾷ με.

Kai hoti ouch autosïestin ho epi pantōn Theos kai Patēr, all' Huios echeinou, legei" ᾿Agadaingō pros ton Patera mou kai Patera hymōn, kai Theon mou kai Theon hymōn. Kai: “Hotan hypotagę̄ hautǭ ta panta, tote kai "' autos K hypotagēsetai (1 D) tǭ hypotaxanti autǭ ta panta, hina ē ho Theos ta panta en pasin. Ouchoun heteros estin ho hypotaxas, kai hōn ta panta en pasi kai heteros, hǭ hypetagēn hos 51 kai meta pantōn hypotassetai. HuI. Kai oute psilos anthrōpos, ho di᾽ hou, kai en hǭ gegone ta panta. Panta gar de autou egeneto. Hēgicha epoiei ton ouranon, symparēmēn au- tǭ, kai echei hēmēn par' hautǭ harmozousa, kai prosechaire moi kath᾽ hēmeran. Pōs d᾽ an ho psilos an- elege Prin ᾿Adraam genesthai, egō eimi? Kai" Dos xason" me tę̄ doxę̄" sou hēē eichon pro tou ton …? Peri poiou de anthrōpou elegen’ Ēn to phōs to … eis ton kosmon" en tǭ kosmǭ ēn, kai ho kosmos di΄ autou egeneto, kai ho kosmos auton ouch egnō" eis … Pōs oun ho toioutos, Psilos anthrōpos, kai ech Marias echōn tēn archēn tou einai, all᾽ ouchi Theos Logos, kai monogenēs Huios? En archę̄ gar ēn ho Logos, kai B ho Logos ēn pros ton Theon, kai Theos ēn ho Lotos. Kai en allois Kyrios echtise me archēn hodōn autou, eis erga autou " pro tou aiōnos ethemeliōse me pro de pantōn bounōn gengą me.

And that he is not himself the God over all and the Father, but his Son, he says: “I ascend to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” And: “When all things have been subjected to him, then he himself will be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.” So he who subjected, and who is all in all, is one; and another is he to whom all things were subjected, who also himself with all things is subjected. [6] Nor is he a mere man, through whom and in whom all things came to be. For “all things came to be through him.” “When he made the heaven, I was present with him, and I was there with him, fitting things together, and he delighted in me daily.” How could a mere man … say, “Before Abraham came to be, I am”? And, “Glorify me with the glory which I had before the world …”? Of what man did he say, “He was the light … that comes into the world; he was in the world, and the world came into being through him, and the world did not know him; … ”? How then is such a one a mere man, having the beginning of his being from Mary, and not God the Word and only-begotten Son? For “in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” And elsewhere: “The Lord created me as the beginning of his ways for his works; before the age he founded me; and before all the hills he begets me.”

John 20:17 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 15:28 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 8:27 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 8:30 (quotation, high confidence) · John 8:58 (quotation, high confidence) · John 17:5 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:9 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:10 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:11 (quotation, medium confidence) · John 1:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 8:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 8:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 8:25 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius argues that the Son is distinct from the Father and subject to him, yet not a mere man but the Word through whom all things were made.

This ref holds chapter 5 and chapter 6 ([6]). The scan interleaves Migne's Latin translation of the quotations (removed); words lost there are marked “…” (among them, after “a mere man”, some lines of the argument). The long recension's statements that the Son is not “the God over all” and is himself subjected with all things (1 Cor 15:28), and its use of Prov 8:22–25 (“the Lord created me”), are translated as written. John 20:17; 1 Cor 15:28; John 1:3; Prov 8:27, 30; John 8:58; 17:5; 1:9–11; 1:1.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): 5 Δ]; ἀποθανόντος. δ Αρί χι!, 3. δ' Αρος. Ι, 9. 91: ἃ]. ᾧ. "3 7]04η.1, ὅ. ἀΐοδυϑβ : ἵνα τότε καὶ αὐτὸς ὑποταγήσεται, υὐϊ ἵν, Ὃς καὶ μετὰ πάντων ὑποτάσσεται. ἴϊἃ Οοά. Νγάρτγυςς. οἱ Μοάϊοσουϑβ : ποη ᾧ χαΐ, υἱ ἰπ Αυ → ; Αὶ ἐδὲ ἐγαηι Ῥόπεε ἡ μηι εοπεροπεπε; εἰ αὐφαιάεϑαὶ ἀ → π; σαοιίαΐε 33, → ; πιὲ εἰατγίίαίε (μα, με; → …;; γοϊαυϊ! : Εγαιί μα υέτα, φια → … ; πιμπάμ8 μὲ ἴρειπι → ; εοσπουὶϊΐ : ἧπ ρῬτορτία υεπῖϊ, εἰ δὲ → … ; Μαγία οχεὶβίαπιϊα Παθοὶ ἀχογάϊΐαπι.; δὲ ΠΟΙ ρου 8 → ; [μπάαυϊι πιε; εἰ ἀαπ!6 οπιπέε οἰ (68 φοπεταῖ ηϊε ὃ. → .

Topics: Christology, Trinity

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 8.5 (PG 5:839; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-8-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Ὅτι δὲ καὶ ἄνισταται τὰ σώματα ἡμῶν, λέγει" μὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτε ἔρχεται ὥρα, ἐν ἦ πάν- τες οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις ἀχούσονται τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἀχούσαγτες ζή- σονται. Καὶ ὁ ᾿Απόστολος [24}" Δεῖ γὰρ τὸ φθαρτὸν … νως ζῇν καὶ δικαίως " πάλιν " λέγει (20}" αλαγάσθε, οὔτε μοιχοὶ, οὔτε μαλακοὶ, οὔτε ἀρ- … οὐχ ἐγείρονται, οὐδὲ Χριστὸς ἐγήγερται, κενὸν ἄρα τὸ χήρυγμα ἡμῶν, χεγὴ δὲ καὶ ἡ πίστις

Hoti de kai anistatai ta sōmata hēmōn, legei" mēn, legō hymin, hote erchetai hōra, en ē pan- tes hoi en tois mnēmeiois achousontai tēs phōnēs tou Huiou tou Theou, kai hoi achousagtes zē- sontai. Kai ho ᾿Apostolos [24}" Dei gar to phtharton … nōs zę̄n kai dikaiōs " palin " legei (20}" alagasthe, oute moichoi, oute malakoi, oute ar- … ouch egeirontai, oude Christos egēgertai, kenon ara to chērygma hēmōn, chegē de kai hē pistis

And that our bodies rise, he says: “Amen, I say to you, the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.” And the Apostle: “For this corruptible must …” … live … and justly … Again he says: “Do not be deceived: neither adulterers nor the effeminate nor …” … [if the dead] are not raised, neither has Christ been raised; then our preaching is empty, and empty too is [your] faith …

John 5:28 (quotation, high confidence) · John 5:25 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 15:53 (quotation, high confidence) · Titus 2:12 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 6:9 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 15:13 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 15:14 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Ignatius cites Christ and Paul for the resurrection of the body.

Chapter 7. The scan interleaves Migne's Latin translation of the quotations line by line (removed), and many words of the letter are lost (“…”). John 5:25, 28–29; 1 Cor 15:53; Titus 2:12; 1 Cor 6:9; 1 Cor 15:13–14.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): αἀϊεὶι : → ; γος φιὶ ἴῃ → ; Βεὶ; εἰ → ; δι εμῖπι εοττιρι δῖε → … ; ἰ[|υγμπι οσοποιδίϊοτος, πέρι [ογπὶατὶδ, πὲ σμέ → … ; απμίεηι εἰ → ; Ἐτρο εἴ φαὶ ἀογπιίετιιπί ἱπ Οιγίδίο, ρεγίεγμηι. δὲ ἱπ → .

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 8.7 (PG 5:839; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-8-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Αρακαὶ οἱ κοιμηθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ, ἀπώλοντο. τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ ἠιϊπικότες ἐσμὲν ἐν Χριστῷ μέτσεν, ἐλεειγότεροι πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐσμέν. Εἰ γενμεὶ οὐκ ἐγείρονται, φάγωμεν καὶ πίωμεν, αὔριον γὰρ ἀποθνήσκομεν Οὕτω δὲ διαχείμενοι, τέ διοέδομεν καὶ χυνῶν, οἱ μηδὲν τοῦ μέλλοντος φροντίζοντες, μίνὸν τοῦ φαγεῖν φροντίζουσιν, εἰς ὄρεξιν ἐρχόᾳ:νοι καὶ τῶν 1" μετὰ τὸ φαγεῖν; ᾿Ανεπίστητοι τὴ εἰσι τοῦ νοῦ "δ, τοῦ χινοῦντος ἔνδοθεν. ἔχαστος χαχίαν ἀπόθεσθε, καὶ τὸν θηριώδη θυρὸν. χαταλαλιὰν, συχοφαντίαν, αἰσχρολογίαν, εὑὐτρατελῖσι, ρίαν, φιλοδοξίαν, φθόνον, καὶ πᾶν τὸ τούτοις δυνν Χριστὸν, καὶ τῆς σαρχὸς πρόνοιαν' μὴ ποιειζξ εἰς ἐπιθυμίας. Οἱ πρεσθύτεροι, ὑποτάσσεσθε τῷ ἐπ:σχόπῳ᾽" οἱ διάχονοι. τοῖς πρεσθυτέροις ὁ λαὺς. τοῖς πρεσθυτέροις καὶ τοῖς διαχόνοις. ᾿Αντίζ.χος “" ἐγὼ τῶν φυλαττόντων ταύτην τὴν εὑςξίαν καὶ ὁ Κύριος εἴη μετ᾽ αὐτῶν διηνεχῶς.

Arakai hoi koimēthentes en Christǭ, apōlonto. tę̄ zōę̄ tautę̄ ēiïpikotes esmen en Christǭ metsen, eleeigoteroi pantōn anthrōpōn esmen. Ei genmei ouk egeirontai, phagōmen kai piōmen, aurion gar apothnēskomen Houtō de diacheimenoi, te dioedomen kai chynōn, hoi mēden tou mellontos phrontizontes, minon tou phagein phrontizousin, eis orexin erchoą:noi kai tōn 1" meta to phagein? ᾿Anepistētoi tē eisi tou nou "d, tou chinountos endothen. echastos chachian apothesthe, kai ton thēriōdē thyron. chatalalian, sychophantian, aischrologian, heuytratelisi, rian, philodoxian, phthonon, kai pan to toutois dynn Christon, kai tēs sarchos pronoian' mē poieizx eis epithymias. Hoi presthyteroi, hypotassesthe tǭ ep:schopǭ᾽" hoi diachonoi. tois presthyterois ho laus. tois presthyterois kai tois diachonois. ᾿Antiz.chos “" egō tōn phylattontōn tautēn tēn heusxian kai ho Kyrios eiē met᾽ autōn diēnechōs.

… then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied. If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. But if we are so disposed, how shall we differ from asses and dogs, which take no thought for the future but think only of eating, and come to desire [the things] that follow eating? For they are without understanding of the mind that moves within. [8] … each of you put away wickedness and bestial anger, slander, false accusation, foul talk, coarse jesting, … vainglory, envy, and everything akin to these. … Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. Presbyters, be subject to the bishop; deacons, to the presbyters; the people, to the presbyters and the deacons. I am a ransom for those who keep this good order; and may the Lord be with them continually.

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

1 Cor 15:18 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 15:19 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 15:32 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 3:8 (allusion, medium confidence) · Eph 5:4 (allusion, medium confidence) · Rom 13:14 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Without the resurrection we would live like beasts; Ignatius urges the Tarsians to put away vice and keep good order under bishop, presbyters and deacons.

End of chapter 7 and chapter 8 ([8]). Migne's notes are removed at the start; several words are lost in the scan (“…”), among them part of the list of vices and “put on” before “Christ”. 1 Cor 15:18–19, 32; Col 3:8; Rom 13:14.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): ΤῊ 48, ἼἽΤΟον. χν, ὅὅ. 5 αἱ. εὐσεδῶς. " 4]. χαθὼς Παῦλος πάλιν. ᾽5 4]. οὗ χληρονομήσουσι. 11 Ουγ. τι, 9. : ' " → .

Topics: Eschatology, Ethics, Church office

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 8.8 (PG 5:839; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-8-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Οἱ ἄνδρες, στέργετε τὰς γαμετὰς ὑμῶν᾽ αἷγ.ναῖχες, τοὺς ὁμοζύγους. Οἱ παῖδες, τοὺς τα γεῖς αἰδεῖσθε 39 " οἱ γονεῖς, τὰ τέκνα ἐχτρέξετε ἐν παιδείᾳ. καὶ γουθεσίᾳ Κυρίου. Τὰς ἕν πιρξνίᾳ τιμᾶτε, ὡς ἱερείας Χριστοῦ τὰς ἐν δεμντητι χήρας, ὡς θυσιαστήριον Θεοῦ. Οἱ δυῦλο:, μετὰ φόθου τοῖς χυρίοις ἐξυπηρετεῖτε " οὗ χύριοει, μετὰ φειδοὺς τοῖς δούλοις ἐπιτάσσετε. Μηδεὶς ἐν ὑμῖν ἀργὸς ἔστω " μήτηρ γὰρ τῆς ἐνδείας ἣ ἀργία (4 ἴ). Ταῦτ οὐχ ἑπιτάττω, ὡς ὧν τὶ, εἰ καὶ δέδεμαι, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἀδεὶφὸς ὑπομιμνήσχω. Εἴη Κύριος μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν "

Hoi andres, stergete tas gametas hymōn᾽ haig.naiches, tous homozygous. Hoi paides, tous ta geis aideisthe 39 " hoi goneis, ta tekna echtrexete en paideią. kai gouthesią Kyriou. Tas hen pirxnią timate, hōs hiereias Christou tas en demntēti chēras, hōs thysiastērion Theou. Hoi dyylo:, meta phothou tois chyriois exypēreteite " hou chyrioei, meta pheidous tois doulois epitassete. Mēdeis en hymin argos estō " mētēr gar tēs endeias hē argia (4 i). Taut ouch hepitattō, hōs hōn ti, ei kai dedemai, all᾽ hōs adeiphos hypomimnēschō. Eiē Kyrios meth᾽ hymōn "

Husbands, love your wives; wives, your husbands. Children, reverence your parents; parents, bring up your children in the discipline and admonition of the Lord. Honour those in virginity as priestesses of Christ, and the widows in sobriety as the altar of God. Slaves, serve your masters with fear; masters, give orders to your slaves with forbearance. Let no one among you be idle; for idleness is the mother of want. These things I do not enjoin as being someone, even though I am bound, but as a brother I remind you. May the Lord be with you.

Eph 5:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 6:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 6:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 6:9 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Ignatius gives brief instructions to husbands, wives, children, parents, virgins, widows, slaves and masters.

Chapter 9. Eph 5:25; 6:1, 4, 5, 9.

Topics: Marriage, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 8.9 (PG 5:839; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-8-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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᾿θναίμην ὑμῶν τῶν προσευχῶν. … χείᾳ Ἐκχλησίαν᾽ ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς αἱ. Ἐχχλησίαι Φιλιππησίων, ὅθεν καὶ γράφω ὑμῖν. ᾿Ασπάζεται ὑμᾶς Φίλων ὁ διάχονος ὑμῶν, ᾧ καὶ ἐγὼ εὐχαριστῶ, σπουδαίως ὑπηρετοῦντίέ μοι ἐν πᾶσιν. ᾿Ασπάζεται ὑμᾶς ᾿Αγαθόπους ὁ διάχονος, ὁ ἐχ Συρίας, ὃς ἀχηλουθεῖ μοι ἐν Χριστῷ. ᾿Ασπάσασθε ἀ.1.1ήλους ἐν ἁγίῳ ςιμήματι. ᾿Ασπάζομαι πάντας καὶ πάσας ποὺς ἐν Χριστῷ. Ἔῤῥωσθε σώματι καὶ ψυχῇ καὶ πνεύματι ἑνί" καὶ ἑοῦ μὴ ἐπιλάθησθε. Ὁ Κύριος μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν.

᾿thnaimēn hymōn tōn proseuchōn. … cheią Ekchlēsian᾽ aspazontai hymas hai. Echchlēsiai Philippēsiōn, hothen kai graphō hymin. ᾿Aspazetai hymas Philōn ho diachonos hymōn, hǭ kai egō eucharistō, spoudaiōs hypēretountie moi en pasin. ᾿Aspazetai hymas ᾿Agathopous ho diachonos, ho ech Syrias, hos achēlouthei moi en Christǭ. ᾿Aspasasthe a.1.1ēlous en hagiǭ simēmati. ᾿Aspazomai pantas kai pasas pous en Christǭ. Errhōsthe sōmati kai psychę̄ kai pneumati heni" kai heou mē epilathēsthe. Ho Kyrios meth᾽ hymōn.

May I have joy of your prayers … the church [in Antioch]. The churches of the Philippians greet you, from where I also write to you. Philo your deacon greets you, to whom I also give thanks, for he zealously serves me in all things. Agathopus the deacon from Syria greets you, who follows me in Christ. Greet one another with a holy kiss. I greet all, men and women, in Christ. Farewell in body and soul and in one spirit; and do not forget me. The Lord be with you.

Rom 16:16 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Closing greetings to the Tarsians from Philippi.

Chapter 10. Migne's notes are removed after the first sentence, where a few words are lost (a request for prayer and a commendation of the church in Antioch).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): 5.4]. ἡμῶν. "51 Οογοχν, 15, 4, 11,48, 419, 59. 1 2]. εἰσὶν ὀρεχτιχοὶ καὶ τῶν. 15 4]. τὸν νοῦν. "15 32 (Ὁπμεῖ. ἀρ. νι, ἀ. 3" ἴη5. ἡμῶν. ὑοπίδηίηὶ, ἐᾶρ. 17, ρ. 661, γυναιχῶν τε ἱερείας. νὐσαάφιϊβ οὐ οἱ χρίει.» Του}. κα ἔλε ἐπίία. → … .

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 8.10 (PG 5:839; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/6-0/#p-8-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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