Ignatius of Antioch, Epistles, Kirsopp Lake (Translator), 6.1.2

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[2] truly nailed to a tree ¹ in the flesh tor our sakes under Pontius Pilate and Herod the Tetrarch, (and of its fruit are we from his divinely blessed Passion) that he might set up an ensign for all ages through his Resurrection, for his saints and believers, whether among the Jews, or among the heathen, in one body of his Church.

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.) — 6.1.2 focus

[2] ἀληθῶς ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου καὶ Ἡρώδου τετράρχου καθηλωμένον ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐν σαρκί, ἀφ̓ οὖ καρποῦ ἡμεῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ θεομακαρίστου ¹ αὐτοῦ πάθους, ἵνα ἄρῃ σύσσημον εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας διὰ τῆς ἀναστάσεως εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους καὶ πιστοὺς αὐτοῦ, εἴτε ἐν Ἰουδαίοις εἴτε ἐν ἔθνεσιν, ² ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι τῆς ἐκκλησίας αὐτοῦ.

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1. Tree is not expressed in the Greek: but seems to be implied by the fruit in the next sentence, though the exact meaning of the passage is obscure.

Ignatius of Antioch Epistles 6.1.2

Kirsopp Lake (Translator)

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