Ignatius of Antioch, Epistles, Kirsopp Lake (Translator), 7.6

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[1] Give heed to the bishop, that God may also give heed to you. I am devoted to those who are subject to the bishop, presbyters, and deacons; and may it be¹ mine to have my lot with them in God. Labour with one another, struggle together, run together, suffer together, rest together, rise up together as God’s stewards and assessors and servants.

[2] Be pleasing to him in whose ranks you serve, from whom you receive your pay,—let none of you be found a deserter. Let your baptism remain as your arms, your faith as a helmet, your love as a spear, your endurance as your panoply, let your works be your deposits that you may receive the back-pay² due to you. Be therefore long-suffering with one another in gentleness, as God is with you. May I have joy in you always.

Epistles. Ignatius of Antioch. Kirsopp Lake (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 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.) — 7.6 focus

[1] Τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ προσέχετε, ἵνα καὶ ὁ θεὸς ὑμῖν. ἀντίψυχον ἐγὼ τῶν ὑποτασσομένων τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ, πρεσβυτέροις, διακόνοις: καὶ μετ̓ αὐτῶν μοι τὸ μέρος γένοιτο σχεῖν ἐν θεῷ. συγκοπιᾶτε ἀλλήλοις, συναθλεῖτε, συντρέχετε, συμπάσχετε, συγκοιμᾶσθε. συνεγείρεσθε ὡς θεοῦ ¹ οἰκονόμοι καὶ πάρεδροι καὶ ὑπηρέται.

[2] ἀρέσκετε ᾧ στρατεύεσθε, ἀφ̓ οὖ καὶ τὰ ὀψώνια κομίζεσθε: μή τις ὑμῶν δεσέρτωρ εὑρεθῇ. τὸ βάπτισμα ὑμῶν μενέτω ὡς ὅπλα, ἡ πίστις ὡς περικεφαλαία, ἡ ἀγάπη ὡς δόρυ. ἡ ὑπομονὴ ὡς πανοπλία. τὰ δεπόσιτα ὑμῶν τὰ ἔργα ὑμῶν, ἵνα τὰ ἄκκεπτα ² ὑμῶν ἄξια κομίσησθε. μακροθυμήσατε οὖν μετ̓ ἀλλήλων ἐν πραότητι, ὡς ὁ θεὸς μεθ̓ ὑμῶν, ὀναίμην ὑμῶν διὰ παντός.

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Epistles

1. Advice to the community

2. It was the custom in the Homan army to pay to the soldiers only the half of any gratuities allowed them. The other half was deposited in a regimental savings bank, and was paid out to each soldier, when, and if, he was honourably discharged from the service.

Ignatius of Antioch Epistles 7.6

Kirsopp Lake (Translator)

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