Ignatius of Antioch, Epistles, Kirsopp Lake (Translator), 5.3.1

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[1] Abstain from evil growths, which Jesus Christ¹ does not tend, because they are not the planting of the Father. Not that I have found division among you but filtering.²

Epistles. Ignatius of Antioch. Kirsopp Lake (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1912.

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

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Epistulae vii genuinae First1KGreek (Ignatius of Antioch. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1912.) — 5.3.1 focus

[1] Ἀπέχεσθε τῶν κακῶν βοτανῶν, ἅστινας οὐ γεωργεῖ Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, διὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ¹ φυτείαν πατρός: οὐχ ὅτι παῤ ὑμῖν μερισμὸν εὗρον, ἀλλ̓ ὰποδιῡλισμόν.

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Epistles

1. Warning against schism

2. The meaning is that the Christians at Philadelphia had filtered out the impurity of heresy from their church.

Ignatius of Antioch Epistles 5.3.1

Kirsopp Lake (Translator)

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