Ignatius of Antioch, Epistles, ed. Kirsopp Lake, 3.3

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[1] Ὁμοίως πάντες ἐντρεπέσθωσαν τοὺς διακόνους ὡς Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, ὡς καὶ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ὄντα τύπον τοῦ πατρός. τοὺς δὲ πρεσβυτέρους ὡς συνέδριον θεοῦ καὶ ὡς σύνδεσμον ἀποστόλων. χωρὶς τούτων ἐκκλησία οὐ καλεῖται.

[2] περὶ ὧν πέπεισμαι ὑμᾶς οὕτως ἔχειν. τὸ γὰρ ἐξεμπλάριον τῆς ἀγάπης ὑμῶν ἔλαβον καὶ ἔχω μεθ̓ ἑαυτοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ ὑμῶν, οὖ αὐτὸ τὸ κατάστημα μεγάλη μαθητεία, ἡ δὲ πραότης αὐτοῦ δύναμις: ὃν λογίζομαι καὶ τοὺς ἀθέους ἐντρέπεσθαι.

[3] ἀγαπῶν ὑμᾶς φείδομαι, συντονώτερον δυνάμενος γράφειν ὑπὲρ τούτου. ¹ οὐκ εἰς τοῦτο ᾠήθην, ἵνα ὤν κατάκριτος ὡς ἀπόστολος ὑμῖν διατάσσωμαι.

Epistles. Ignatius of Antioch. ed. Kirsopp Lake. Medford, MA. .

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Epistulae vii genuinae (Greek) (Ignatius of Antioch. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1912.)

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The Epistles of Saint Ignatius Perseus (Ignatius of Antioch. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1912.) — 3.3 focus

[1] Likewise let all respect the deacons as Jesus¹ Christ, even as the bishop is also a type of the Father, and the presbyters as the council of God and the college of Apostles. Without these the name of Church is not given.

[2] I am confident that you accept this. For I have received the example of your love, and I have it with me in the person of your bishop, whose very demeanour is a great lesson, and whose meekness is a miracle,² and I believe that even the godless pay respect to him.

[3] I am sparing you in my love, though I might write more sharply on his behalf: I did not think myself competent, as a convict, to give you orders like an Apostle.

Notes on the current edition

Epistles

1. The text is here confused and corrupt in all the authori. ties. Lightfoot prefers to read ou(/tws fei/domai, and adds a)ll) ou)x i(kano\n (??) ei)s tou=to k. t. l.

Ignatius of Antioch Epistles 3.3

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