Letters of Ignatius (Long Recension) 9.0–10.9

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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 9

9.0PG 5

ὑπὸ Θεοῦ, ἐχ.λεεγμέγῃ ὑπὸ Χριστοῦ, παροἰχούσῃ ὃν Συρίᾳ, καὶ πρώτῃ Χριστοῦ ἐπωγυμίαν λαδούσῃ, τῇ ἐν ᾿Αντιοχείᾳ, ἐν Θεῷ Πα- καὶ Κυρίῳ ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστῷ, καίρειν. '. Ἐλαφρά μοι καὶ χοῦφα τὰ δεσμὰ ὁ Κύριος πεποῖῆχε, μαθόντα " εἰρηνεύειν ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἐν πάτῃ ὁμονοίᾳ σαρχιχῇ τε καὶ πνευματιχῇ. διάγειν. Πιρακα.λῶ οὗν ὑμᾶς ἐγὼ ὁ δέσμιος ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἀξίως περιπατῆσαι τῆς χιλήσεξως ἧς φυλαττόμενοι τὰς εἰσχομισάσας 3 αἱρέσεις τοῦ πονηφῦ, ἐπ᾽ ἀπάτῃ καὶ ἀπωλείᾳ τῶν πειθομένων αὐὖ … νόμῳ καὶ προφήταις πιστεύειν ᾿ ἀᾶσαν ᾿Ιουδαϊχὴν καὶ Ἑλληνιχὴν ἀποῤῥίψαι πλάνην καὶ μῆτε πλῆθο; θεῶν ἐπεισάγειν, μήτε τὸν Χριστὸν ἀρνεῖσθαι προφάσει τοῦ ἑνὸς Θεοῦ.

hypo Theou, ech.leegmegę̄ hypo Christou, paroichousę̄ hon Syrią, kai prōtę̄ Christou epōgymian ladousę̄, tę̄ en ᾿Antiocheią, en Theǭ Pa- kai Kyriǭ ᾿Iēsou Christǭ, kairein. '. Elaphra moi kai choupha ta desma ho Kyrios pepoiēche, mathonta " eirēneuein hymas, kai en patę̄ homonoią sarchichę̄ te kai pneumatichę̄. diagein. Piraka.lō houn hymas egō ho desmios en Kyriǭ, axiōs peripatēsai tēs chilēsexōs hēs phylattomenoi tas eischomisasas 3 haireseis tou ponēphy, ep᾽ apatę̄ kai apōleią tōn peithomenōn auy … nomǭ kai prophētais pisteuein ᾿ aasan ᾿Ioudaïchēn kai Hellēnichēn aporrhipsai planēn kai mēte plētho? theōn epeisagein, mēte ton Christon arneisthai prophasei tou henos Theou.

… by God, chosen by Christ, sojourning in Syria and first to receive the name of Christ, which is in Antioch: greeting in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. [1] The Lord has made my bonds light and easy, since I learned that you are at peace and live in all concord, of flesh and of spirit. I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling … guarding against the heresies of the evil one that have burst in, for the deceit and destruction of those who believe them … to believe the law and the prophets, to cast away all Jewish and Greek error, and neither to bring in a multitude of gods nor to deny Christ on the pretext of the one God.

Acts 11:26 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 4:1 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Ignatius greets the church of Antioch, rejoices at its peace, and warns against heresies that deny either the one God or Christ.

Pseudo-Ignatius, To the Antiochians (one of the letters added in the long recension): inscription and chapter 1 ([1]). The scan lacks the opening words (“Ignatius … to the church which has obtained mercy”) and interleaves Migne's Latin and notes (removed, with a note on the greeting “χαίρειν” and a parallel passage on wives honouring husbands); the words lost there are marked “…”. Eph 4:1; Acts 11:26.

Notes on the original text

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Topics: Heresy

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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.

9.2PG 5:905

Μωῦσῇς τε γὰρ ὁ πιστὸς θεράπων τοῦ Θεοῦ, εἰπών' Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, Κύριος εἷς ἐστι, γεὶ τὸν ἕνα χσὶ μόνον χηρύξας Θεὸν, ὡμολόγησεν εὐθέως καὶ τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν, λέγων Κύριος ξδρεξεν ἐπὶ Σόδομα καὶ Γόμοῤῥα παρὰ Κυρίου πὺρ καὶ θεῖον. Καὶ πάλιν" [Καὶ] εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς 3, Ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον κατ᾽ εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν 3, καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπογ'" χατ᾿ εἰκόνα Θεοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν. Καὶ ἑξῆς " ᾽ν εἰχόγι Θεοῦ ἐποίησε τὸν ἄνθρωπον. Καὶ ὅτι γενήσεται ἄνθρωπος, φησί’ Προςρήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει Κύριος ὃ ἐκ τῶν ἀδε.λρῶν ὑμῶν, ὡς ἐμέ. Η]. Οἱ δὲ προφῆται, εἰπόντες ὡς ἐχ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ: Ἐγὼ Θεὸς πρῶτος, καὶ ἐγὼ μετὰ ταῦτα, καὶ σὴν ἐμοῦ οὐχ ἔστι Θεὸς, περὶ τοῦ Πατρὸς τῶν ὅλων λέγουσι καὶ περὶ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ" Υἱὸς, φασὶν 3", ἐδόθη ἡμῖν, οὗ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὥμου αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἄνωθεν" καὶ ται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μεγάλης βουλῆς Ἄγγελος, θαυμαστὸς, σύμθδου.ἴος, Θεὸς, ἰσχυρὸς, ἐξουσιαστής" καὶ περὶ τῆς ἐνανθρωπήσεως αὐτοῦ" Ἰδοὺ ἡ Παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ «1ήψεται, καὶ τέξεται υἱὸν. καὶ καλέσουσι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Ἑμμανουή,. καὶ περὶ τοῦ πάθους" Ὡς πρόδατὸν ἐπὶ σραγὴν ἤχθη, καὶ ὡς ἀμνὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ χείραντος αὑτὸν Ο ἄφωγος" χἀγὼ ὡς ἀρνίον ἄχαχον ἀγόμενον τοῦ θύεσθαι. ΙΥ͂. Οἵτε εὐαγγελισταὶ, εἰπόντες, τὸν ἕνα Πατέρα μόγον ἀληθινὸν Θεύν' καὶ τὰ μετὰ τὸν Κύριον ἣμῶν οὐ παρέλιπον, ἀλλ᾽ ἔγραψαν Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἣν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος. Οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν. Πάντα δὶ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ὃν ὃ γέγονε. Καὶ κερὶ τῆς ἐνανθρωπήσεως " Ὁ Λόγος, φησὶ, σὰῤξ ἐγένετο, καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν … Δαδὶδ, υἱοῦ Ἀδραάμ. Οἱδὲ ἀπόστολοι, εἰπόντες ὅτι Θεὸς εἷς ἐστιν, εἶπον οἱ αὐτοὶ ὅτι εἷς καὶ μεσίτης Θεοῦ καὶ ἀγθρώπων" καὶ τὴν ἐνσωμάτωσιν καὶ τὸ πάθος οὐχ ἐπῃσχύνθησαν. Τί γάρ φησιν; Ἄνθρωπος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς, ὃ δοὺς ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ χόσμου ζωῆς καὶ σωτηρίας. Υ͂͵ Πᾶς οὖν ὅστις ἕνα καὶ μόνον (Οθ) χαταγγέλλει Θεὸν, «ἐπ᾽ ἀναιρέσει τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ θεότητος, ἐστὶ διάδο- 1ος, καὶ ἐχθρὸς πάσης διχαιοσύνης" ὅ τε ὁμολογῶν Χριστὸν, οὐ τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὸν χόσμον υἱὸν, ἀλλ᾽ ἑτέρου τινὸς ἀγνώστου, παρ᾽ ὃν ἐχήρυξεν ὁ νόμὺς καὶ οἱ προφῆται, οὗτος ὄργανόν ἐστιν αὐτοῦ τοῦ διαδόλου. Ὃ τε τὴν ἐνανθρώπησιν παραιτούμενος, καὶ τὸν σταυρὸν ἐπαισχυνόμενος, δι᾽ ὄν δέδεμαι, οὗτός ἐστιν 'Αγτίχριστος. Ὅ τε ψιλὸν ἄνθρωπον λέγων τὸν Χριστὸν, ἐπάρατός ἐστι χατὰ τὸν προφήτην, οὐχ ἐπὶ Θεῷ πεποιθὼς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπῳ" διὸ καὶ γΥΙ. Ταῦτα γράφω ὑμῖν, ὦ "5 τοῦ Χριστοῦ νεελαία δι, οὐ συνειδὼς ὑμῖν τὸ τοιοῦτο φρόνημα, ἀλλὰ προφυλαττόμενος ὑμᾶς, ὡς πατὴρ τὰ ἑαυτοῦ τέχνα. Βλέπετε οὖν τοὺς χαχεντρεχεῖς ἐργάτας, τοὺς ἐχθροὺς τοῦ σταυροῦ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὧν τὸ τέλος ἀπώ- 1εια (θῦ), ὧν ἡ δόξα ἐν τῇ αἰσχύνῃ αὑτῶν. Βλέπετε τοὺς χύνας, τοὺς ἐνδοὺς, τοὺς ὄφεις τοὺς συ- … ὙΠ. Παύλου καὶ Πέτρυν γεγόνατε μαθηταί" μὴ ἀπολέσητε τὴν παραθήχην δ᾽. [Μνημονεύσατε Εὐοδίου τοῦ ἀξιομακαρίστου ποιμένος ὑμῶν, ὃς πρῶτος ἐνεχειρίσθη Ἀαρὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων τὴν ὑμεπέραν προστασίαν. Μὴ χαταισχύνωμεν τὸν πατέρα. Γενώμεθα γνήσιοι παῖδες, ἀλλὰ μὴ νόθοι. Οἴδατε ὅπως συνανεστράφην μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν᾽ ἃ δ᾽ παρὼν ἔλεγον ὑμῖν, ταῦτα καὶ ἀπὼν γράφω" Εἶἷ τις οὐ φιλε! τὸν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν, ἔστω ἀνάθεμα. Μιμηταί μου … χειροτονήσαντος Εὐόδιον ἐν ᾿Αντιοχείᾳ, μετωνομάσθησαν οἱ πάλαι ἐεγόμενοι Ναζωραῖοι καὶ Γαλιλαῖοι, Ἢν ϑ ομθς « δὴν (Ἰαυάΐο οἱ Ευδαυΐϊυα (1. 11 Π δίοτ. ὁεοίοδίαδί. χεφ. λε') οι ἐν ᾿Αντιοχείᾳ ἁγίας τοῦ θεοῦ Ἐχχλησίας δεύτερος μετὰ τοὺς ἀποστόλους γενόμενος, Εὐόδιον γὰρ διεδέξατο" ΠεῸ Ὑἢ} (ον δέ, ἀροδιοί. ἐΔ0. 471: ᾿Αντιοχείας δὲ Εὐόδιος μὲν ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ Πέτρου, Ἰγνάτιος δὲ ὑπὸ Παύοι ἔν οι ἢ [4 εἴπ), ἔραν δοδηπὸς Μι6. 6] Αμ 0 Εἰ 6- Ἔν τῷ δὲ ἀνιέναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ, διερχομένου αὐτοῦ δι᾽ ᾿Αντιοχείας τῆς μεγάλης, συνέδη τελευτῆσαι Εὔοδον τὸν ἐπίσχοπον καὶ πατριάργην χείας, καὶ ἔλαθε τὸ σχῆμα τῆς ἐπισχοπῆς Ἰντιοχείας μεγάλης Ἰγνάτιος, του ἁγίου Πέτρου τοῦ ἀποστόλου γίνεσθε. ᾿Ἀντίψυχον ὑμῶν γενοίμην, ὅταν Ἰησοῦ Α

Mōysę̄s te gar ho pistos therapōn tou Theou, eipōn' Kyrios ho Theos sou, Kyrios heis esti, gei ton hena chsi monon chēryxas Theon, hōmologēsen eutheōs kai ton Kyrion hēmōn, legōn Kyrios xdrexen epi Sodoma kai Gomorrha para Kyriou pyr kai theion. Kai palin" [Kai] eipen ho Theos 3, Poiēsōmen anthrōpon kat᾽ eikona hēmeteran 3, kai epoiēsen ho Theos ton anthrōpog'" chat᾿ eikona Theou epoiēsen auton. Kai hexēs " ᾽n eichogi Theou epoiēse ton anthrōpon. Kai hoti genēsetai anthrōpos, phēsi’ Prosrētēn hymin anastēsei Kyrios ho ek tōn ade.lrōn hymōn, hōs eme. Ē]. Hoi de prophētai, eipontes hōs ech prosōpou tou Theou: Egō Theos prōtos, kai egō meta tauta, kai sēn emou ouch esti Theos, peri tou Patros tōn holōn legousi kai peri tou Kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou" Huios, phasin 3", edothē hēmin, hou hē archē epi tou hōmou autou estin anōthen" kai tai to onoma autou megalēs boulēs Angelos, thaumastos, symthdou.ios, Theos, ischyros, exousiastēs" kai peri tēs enanthrōpēseōs autou" Idou hē Parthenos en gastri «1ēpsetai, kai texetai huion. kai kalesousi to onoma autou, Hemmanouē,. kai peri tou pathous" Hōs prodaton epi sragēn ēchthē, kai hōs amnos enantion tou cheirantos hauton O aphōgos" chagō hōs arnion achachon agomenon tou thyesthai. IY. Hoite euangelistai, eipontes, ton hena Patera mogon alēthinon Theun' kai ta meta ton Kyrion hēmōn ou parelipon, all᾽ egrapsan En archę̄ hēn ho Logos, kai ho Logos ēn pros ton Theon, kai Theos ēn ho Logos. Houtos ēn en archę̄ pros ton Theon. Panta di autou egeneto, kai chōris autou egeneto oude hon ho gegone. Kai keri tēs enanthrōpēseōs " Ho Logos, phēsi, sarx egeneto, kai eskēnōsen en … Dadid, huiou Adraam. Hoide apostoloi, eipontes hoti Theos heis estin, eipon hoi autoi hoti heis kai mesitēs Theou kai agthrōpōn" kai tēn ensōmatōsin kai to pathos ouch epę̄schynthēsan. Ti gar phēsin? Anthrōpos Iēsous Christos, ho dous heauton hyper tēs tou chosmou zōēs kai sōtērias. Y͵ Pas oun hostis hena kai monon (Oth) chatangellei Theon, «ep᾽ anairesei tēs tou Christou theotētos, esti diado- 1os, kai echthros pasēs dichaiosynēs" ho te homologōn Christon, ou tou poiēsantos ton chosmon huion, all᾽ heterou tinos agnōstou, par᾽ hon echēryxen ho nomys kai hoi prophētai, houtos organon estin autou tou diadolou. Ho te tēn enanthrōpēsin paraitoumenos, kai ton stauron epaischynomenos, di᾽ on dedemai, houtos estin 'Agtichristos. Ho te psilon anthrōpon legōn ton Christon, eparatos esti chata ton prophētēn, ouch epi Theǭ pepoithōs, all᾽ epi anthrōpǭ" dio kai gUI. Tauta graphō hymin, ō "5 tou Christou neelaia di, ou syneidōs hymin to toiouto phronēma, alla prophylattomenos hymas, hōs patēr ta heautou techna. Blepete oun tous chachentrecheis ergatas, tous echthrous tou staurou tou Christou, hōn to telos apō- 1eia (thy), hōn hē doxa en tę̄ aischynę̄ hautōn. Blepete tous chynas, tous endous, tous opheis tous sy- … HyP. Paulou kai Petryn gegonate mathētai" mē apolesēte tēn parathēchēn d᾽. [Mnēmoneusate Euodiou tou axiomakaristou poimenos hymōn, hos prōtos enecheiristhē Aara tōn apostolōn tēn hymeperan prostasian. Mē chataischynōmen ton patera. Genōmetha gnēsioi paides, alla mē nothoi. Oidate hopōs synanestraphēn meth᾽ hymōn᾽ ha d᾽ parōn elegon hymin, tauta kai apōn graphō" Eii tis ou phile! ton Kyrion Iēsoun, estō anathema. Mimētai mou … cheirotonēsantos Euodion en ᾿Antiocheią, metōnomasthēsan hoi palai eegomenoi Nazōraioi kai Galilaioi, Ēn ϑ omths « dēn (Iauaïo hoi Eudauïïya (1. 11 P diot. hoeoiodiadi. cheph. le') oi en ᾿Antiocheią hagias tou theou Echchlēsias deuteros meta tous apostolous genomenos, Euodion gar diedexato" PeO Hyē} (on de, arodioi. eD0. 471: ᾿Antiocheias de Euodios men hyp᾽ emou Petrou, Ignatios de hypo Pauoi en oi ē [4 eip), eran dodēpos Mi6. 6] Am 0 Ei 6- En tǭ de anienai auton en tę̄ Rhōmę̄, dierchomenou autou di᾽ ᾿Antiocheias tēs megalēs, synedē teleutēsai Euodon ton epischopon kai patriargēn cheias, kai elathe to schēma tēs epischopēs Intiocheias megalēs Ignatios, tou hagiou Petrou tou apostolou ginesthe. ᾿Antipsychon hymōn genoimēn, hotan Iēsou A

For Moses, the faithful servant of God, when he said, “The Lord your God, the Lord is one,” and so proclaimed the one and only God, at once confessed our Lord as well, saying, “The Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah fire and brimstone from the Lord.” And again: “And God said, Let us make man after our image; and God made man; after the image of God he made him.” And further: “In the image of God he made man.” And that he would become man, he says: “The Lord will raise up for you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.” [3] And the prophets, when they say as from the person of God, “I am God, the first, and I am after these things, and besides me there is no God,” speak of the Father of all; and of our Lord Jesus Christ: “A Son,” they say, “has been given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder from above; and his name is called Angel of great counsel, Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Mighty, Potentate”; and of his becoming man: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive in the womb and bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel”; and of his passion: “As a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer, dumb”; and, “I was like an innocent lamb led to be sacrificed.” [4] And the evangelists, when they said that the one Father is the only true God, did not omit what concerns our Lord, but wrote: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him not one thing came to be that has come to be.” And of his becoming man: “The Word,” he says, “became flesh and dwelt among …” … David, the son of Abraham.” And the apostles, saying that “God is one,” said also that there is “one mediator between God and men”; and they were not ashamed of the incarnation and the passion. For what does he say? “The man Jesus Christ, who gave himself” for the life and salvation of the world. [5] Whoever, then, proclaims one God only, so as to do away with the divinity of Christ, is a devil and an enemy of all righteousness; and he who confesses Christ, yet not as Son of the maker of the world but of some other, unknown being besides him whom the law and the prophets proclaimed, is an instrument of the devil himself. And he who rejects the incarnation and is ashamed of the cross, for which I am bound, is Antichrist. And he who says that Christ is a mere man is accursed, according to the prophet, as trusting not in God but in man; and therefore also … [6] I write these things to you, new olive tree of Christ, not because I know of any such mind among you, but guarding you beforehand, as a father his own children. Beware, then, of the evil workers, the enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose glory is in their shame. Beware of the dogs, the dumb ones, the serpents that crawl … [7] You have become disciples of Paul and Peter; do not lose what was entrusted to you. Remember Evodius, your most blessed shepherd, who was the first to be entrusted by the apostles with your leadership. Let us not put our father to shame; let us be true children and not bastards. You know how I lived among you; what I said to you when present, I write also when absent: “If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus, let him be anathema.” Imitators of me … … become. May I be a ransom for you when I [attain to] Jesus …

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

Deut 6:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 19:24 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:26 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:27 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 9:6 (quotation, medium confidence) · Deut 18:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 44:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 9:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 7:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 53:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 11:19 (quotation, high confidence) · John 17:3 (allusion, medium confidence) · John 1:1 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:2 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:3 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 1:1 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 2:5 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 2:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 17:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Phil 3:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Phil 3:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Phil 3:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 56:10 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Tim 6:20 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 16:22 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius shows from Moses, the prophets, the evangelists and the apostles that the one God has a Son who became man and suffered, condemns those who deny either, and reminds the Antiochians of Paul, Peter and Evodius.

This ref holds chapters 2–7 ([3]–[7]; their numerals are visible only in part). Migne's notes are removed at several points; words lost there are marked “…” (in chapter 4, the quotation of Matt 1:1 is broken; in chapter 6, the description of the serpents). The long recension's proof-texts for the Son's divinity (Gen 19:24; 1:26–27; Isa 9:6 in the Septuagint wording) are translated as written. Deut 6:4; Deut 18:15; Isa 44:6; Isa 7:14; 53:7; Jer 11:19; John 1:1–3, 14; 1 Tim 2:5–6; Jer 17:5; Phil 3:2, 18–19; 1 Cor 16:22.
“New olive tree” renders νεελαία as printed (νέα ἐλαία); a manuscript reading noted by Migne gives νεολαία, “young people”.
Almost all of this ref is Migne's notes (on the epithets of heretics, and on Evodius, quoting Eusebius, the Apostolic Constitutions and John Malalas); these are removed. Only the last words of chapter 7 survive. Refs 9.4–9.8 do not exist in the staging; the next chapter is ref 9.9.

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Topics: Christology, Church office, Heresy, Trinity

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Οἱ πρεσδύτεροι, ποιμάνατε τὸ ὃν ὑμῖν σζοιμνίον, ἕως ἀναδείξῃ ὁ Θεὸς τὸν μέλλοντα ἄρχειν δμῶν. Ἐγὼ γὰρ ἤδη σπένδομαι "5, ἵνα Χριστὸν κερδήσω.Οἱδιάχονοι γινωσχέτωσαν οἷον εἰσὶν ἀξιώματος, καὶ σπουδαζέτωσαν ἄμεμπτοι εἶναι, ἵνα ὥσι «μιμηταὶ Χριστοῦ. Ὁ λαὸς ὑποτασσέσθω τοῖς πρεσδυτέροις καὶ τοῖς διαχόνοις. Αἱ παρθένοι γινωσχέ-

Hoi presdyteroi, poimanate to hon hymin szoimnion, heōs anadeixę̄ ho Theos ton mellonta archein dmōn. Egō gar ēdē spendomai "5, hina Christon kerdēsō.Hoidiachonoi ginōschetōsan hoion eisin axiōmatos, kai spoudazetōsan amemptoi einai, hina hōsi «mimētai Christou. Ho laos hypotassesthō tois presdyterois kai tois diachonois. Hai parthenoi ginōsche-

Presbyters, shepherd the flock that is among you, until God shows who is to rule over you. For I am already being poured out, that I may gain Christ. Let the deacons know of what dignity they are, and let them be eager to be blameless, that they may be imitators of Christ. Let the people be subject to the presbyters and the deacons. Let the virgins know …

1 Pet 5:2 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Tim 4:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Phil 3:8 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius instructs the presbyters, deacons, people and virgins of Antioch.

This ref holds chapter 8; it breaks off. 1 Pet 5:2; 2 Tim 4:6; Phil 3:8.

Topics: Church office

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Οἱ ἄνδρες στεργέτωσαν τὰς ὁμοζύγους, μνημονεύοντες ὅτι μία ἑνὶ, οὐ πολλαὶ ἑνὶ ἐδόθησαν ἐν τῇ χτίσει. Αἱ γυναῖχες τιμάτιυδαν τοὺς ἄνδρας, ὡς πάρχα ἰδίαν" μηδὲ ἐξ ὀνόματος αὐτοὺς τολμάτωσαν καλεῖν σωφρονιζέτωσαν δὲ, μόνους ἄνδρας τοὺς γνώμην Θεοῦ. Οἱ γονεῖς, τὰ τέχνα παιδεύενε παιδείαν ἱεράν. Τὰ τέχνα, τιμᾶτε τοὺς γογεῖς, ἵνα εὖ ὑμῖν ἡ

Hoi andres stergetōsan tas homozygous, mnēmoneuontes hoti mia heni, ou pollai heni edothēsan en tę̄ chtisei. Hai gynaiches timatiydan tous andras, hōs parcha idian" mēde ex onomatos autous tolmatōsan kalein sōphronizetōsan de, monous andras tous gnōmēn Theou. Hoi goneis, ta techna paideuene paideian hieran. Ta techna, timate tous gogeis, hina eu hymin hē

Let husbands love their wives, remembering that one woman was given to one man, not many to one, at the creation. Let wives honour their husbands as their own flesh, and not dare to call them by name; and let them be chaste, [regarding] only their husbands … the mind of God. Parents, bring up your children with sacred discipline. Children, honour your parents, that it may be well with you.

Gen 2:24 (allusion, medium confidence) · Eph 5:28 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 3:6 (allusion, low confidence) · Eph 6:4 (allusion, medium confidence) · Eph 6:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 6:3 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Instructions to husbands, wives, parents and children, grounding monogamy in the creation.

This ref holds chapter 9. The clause on the wives' chastity is damaged in the scan. The argument for monogamy from the creation (one woman to one man) is translated as written. Gen 2:24; Eph 5:28; 6:2–4.

Topics: Marriage

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Οἱ δεσπόται, μὴ ὑτερηφάνως τοῖς δούλοις προσἔχετε" μιμούμενοι τὸν τλητιχὸν Ἰὼδ εἰπόντα" ΕῚ δὲ καὶ ἐφαύλισα κρίμω θεράποντός μου, ἣ θερασαίγης μου, κρινομένων αὐτῶν πρὸς μὲ" τί γὰρ στοιήσω, ἐὰν ἔτασίν μου ὅ Κύριος ποιήσηται; καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς ἐπίστατθε. Οἱ δοῦλος, μὴ παροργίζετε τοὺς δεσπότας ἐν μηδενὶ. ἵνα μὴ χαχῶν ἀνηχέστων ἑαυτοῖς αἴτιοι γένησθε.

Hoi despotai, mē hyterēphanōs tois doulois prosechete" mimoumenoi ton tlētichon Iōd eiponta" EI de kai ephaulisa krimō therapontos mou, hē therasaigēs mou, krinomenōn autōn pros me" ti gar stoiēsō, ean etasin mou ho Kyrios poiēsētai? kai ta hexēs epistatthe. Hoi doulos, mē parorgizete tous despotas en mēdeni. hina mē chachōn anēchestōn heautois aitioi genēsthe.

Masters, do not treat your slaves with arrogance, imitating patient Job, who said: “If I despised the cause of my servant or my maidservant when they contended with me, what shall I do if the Lord makes inquiry of me?” and what follows, which you know. Slaves, do not provoke your masters to anger in anything, lest you become the cause of incurable evils to yourselves.

Job 31:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Job 31:14 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Instructions to masters and slaves, with the example of Job.

This ref holds chapter 10. Job 31:13–14.

Topics: Ethics

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Μηδεὶς ἀργὸς ἐσθιέτω, ἵνα μὴ ῥέμθος γένηται καὶ πορνοσχόπος Ἶ5 μέθη, ὀργὴ, φθόνος, λοιδορία; κραυγὴ, βλασφημία, μηδὲ ὀνομαζέσθω ἐν ( ὑμῖν. Αἱ χῆραι μὴ σπαταλάτωσαν, ἵνα μὴ χαταστρηνιάσωσι τοῦ λόγου. Τῷ Καίσαρι ὑποτάγητε, ἐν οἷς ἀχίνδυνος ἣ ὑποταγή. Τοὺς ἄρχοντας μὴ ἐρε- … ζητοῦσι χαθ᾽ ὑμῶν. Περὶ δὲ γοητείας, ἣ παιδεραστίας, ἣ φόνου, περιττὸν τὸ γράφειν, ὁπότε ταῦτα καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπηγόρευται πράττειν. Ταῦτα οὐχ ὡς ἀπόστολος παραχελεύομαι, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς σύνδουλος ὑμῶν

Mēdeis argos esthietō, hina mē rhemthos genētai kai pornoschopos I5 methē, orgē, phthonos, loidoria? kraugē, blasphēmia, mēde onomazesthō en ( hymin. Hai chērai mē spatalatōsan, hina mē chatastrēniasōsi tou logou. Tǭ Kaisari hypotagēte, en hois achindynos hē hypotagē. Tous archontas mē ere- … zētousi chath᾽ hymōn. Peri de goēteias, hē paiderastias, hē phonou, peritton to graphein, hopote tauta kai tois ethnesin apēgoreutai prattein. Tauta ouch hōs apostolos paracheleuomai, all᾽ hōs syndoulos hymōn

Let no idle person eat, lest he become a vagrant and a frequenter of harlots. … drunkenness, wrath, envy, reviling, clamour, blasphemy: let them not even be named among you. Let the widows not live in wantonness, lest they grow wanton against the Word. Be subject to Caesar in things in which subjection is free of danger. Do not provoke the rulers to anger … against you. As for magic, or pederasty, or murder, it is superfluous to write, since these things are forbidden even to the Gentiles. These things I enjoin not as an apostle, but as your fellow servant …

2 Thess 3:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 5:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 4:31 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Tim 5:6 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Tim 5:11 (allusion, high confidence) · Rom 13:1 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius warns against idleness and vice, urges obedience to Caesar where it is without danger, and forbids magic, pederasty and murder.

This ref holds chapter 11. Migne's notes (on subjection to rulers, quoting Athenagoras and the Apostolic Constitutions) are removed; words lost there are marked “…”. 2 Thess 3:10; Eph 5:3; Col 3:8; 1 Tim 5:6, 11; Rom 13:1.

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Topics: Ethics

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᾿Ασπάζομαι τὸ ἅγιον πρεσθυτέριον. ζομαι τοὺς ἱεροὺς διαχόνους, καὶ τὸ ποθεινόν μοι ὄνομα, ὃν ἐπίδοιμι ἀντὶ ἐμοῦ ἐν Πνεύματι ἁγίω, ὅταν Χριστοῦ ἐπιτύχω οὗ ἀντίψυχον γενοίμτν. τάς. ᾿Ασπάζομαι τὰς 7 φρουροὺς τῶν ἁγίων πυλώνων, τὰς ἐν Χριστῷ διαχόνους. ᾿Ασπάζομαι Β Ἰησοῦ ᾽5. ᾿Ασπάζομαι τὸν λαὸν Κυρίου ἀπὸ μιχροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, καὶ πάσας τὰς ἀδελφάς μου ἐν Κυρίῳ. ᾿ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ φίλτατα αὐτοῦ τέχνα. ᾿Ασπάζεται ὑμᾶς Πολύχαρπος, ὁ ἀξιοπρεπὴς ἐπίσχοπος, ὃς καὶ μέλει περὶ ὑμῶν ᾧ καὶ παρεθέμην ὑμᾶς ἐν Κυρίῳ 15. Καὶ πᾶσα δὲ ἡ Ἐχχλησία Σμυρναίων μνημονεύει ὑμῶν ἕν ταῖς προσευχαῖς ἐν Κυρίῳ. ᾿Ασπάζεται ὑμᾶς Ὀνήσιμος ὁ Ἐφεσίων ποιμήν. ᾿Ασπάζετα: ὑμᾶς … ὑμᾶς Πολύδιος, ὁ Τραλλαίων. ᾿Ασπάζονται ὑμᾶς μου. Ἁσπάσασθε ἀ.1.λήλους ἐν ἁγίῳ οιζλήματι.

᾿Aspazomai to hagion presthyterion. zomai tous hierous diachonous, kai to potheinon moi onoma, hon epidoimi anti emou en Pneumati hagiō, hotan Christou epitychō hou antipsychon genoimtn. tas. ᾿Aspazomai tas 7 phrourous tōn hagiōn pylōnōn, tas en Christǭ diachonous. ᾿Aspazomai B Iēsou ᾽5. ᾿Aspazomai ton laon Kyriou apo michrou heōs megalou, kai pasas tas adelphas mou en Kyriǭ. ᾿ autou, kai ta philtata autou techna. ᾿Aspazetai hymas Polycharpos, ho axioprepēs epischopos, hos kai melei peri hymōn hǭ kai parethemēn hymas en Kyriǭ 15. Kai pasa de hē Echchlēsia Smyrnaiōn mnēmoneuei hymōn hen tais proseuchais en Kyriǭ. ᾿Aspazetai hymas Onēsimos ho Ephesiōn poimēn. ᾿Aspazeta: hymas … hymas Polydios, ho Trallaiōn. ᾿Aspazontai hymas mou. Haspasasthe a.1.lēlous en hagiǭ oizlēmati.

I greet the holy presbytery. I greet the sacred deacons, and him whose name is dear to me, whom I would see in my place in the Holy Spirit when I attain to Christ; for whom may I be a ransom. … I greet the guardians of the holy gates, the deaconesses in Christ. I greet … Jesus. I greet the people of the Lord, from the least to the greatest, and all my sisters in the Lord. … his … and his dearest children. Polycarp, the most worthy bishop, greets you; he cares for you, and I have commended you to him in the Lord. And the whole church of the Smyrnaeans remembers you in its prayers in the Lord. Onesimus, the shepherd of the Ephesians, greets you. … Polybius of Tralles greets you. … my … greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Rom 16:16 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius greets the clergy and people of Antioch and sends greetings from Polycarp, Onesimus, Polybius and others.

This ref holds chapter 12. The scan is damaged and interleaved with Migne's notes (on the minor orders, confessors and deaconesses; removed); several greetings are lost (“…”). The guardians of the gates are the deaconesses, as the text says.

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Digital text corrected (Migne's Latin translation, notes or apparatus, left in the OCR text): Ἶδ (πεῖ. ἀρ. νι! 946, 25, 920, 428 ᾿ ὰρ λαθὼν χάρισμα ἰαμάτων, δι᾽ ἀπομάρτυς Ἰγνάτιος ἐν ταῖς αὐτοῦ ἐπιστολαῖς, χὰν τῇ τ αν ἱεροὺς διαχόνους, ὑποδιαχόνους, (οτ. τῆς ἐν αὐτῷ χάριτος. « Εχογοϊβία πο ἐπ᾿ ογα Ὁμολογητὴς οὐ χειροτονεῖται, γνώμης γὰρ τοῦτο καὶ ὑπομονῆς " τιμῆς δὲ μεγάλης ἐπάξιος, ὡς ὁμολογήσας τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ κκαὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιον ἐθνῶν καὶ βασιλέων. ε (Οηΐεξδοῦ ποη ἢϊ ογάϊπᾶ- Ἁσπάζομαι τὰς φρουροὺς τῶν ἀγέων πυ- «λώνων, τὰς ἐν Χριστῷ διαχόνους. Δηρ! 8. ε 84φαίανον ορνοίνμηϊ, οἱ [0«5410 ἢ πη υ πὴ ἰαρί αἰ })}8 ριν, τῶν τῇ χλίνῃ ὑπηρετουμένων, ἧγουμένων τῶν τας. Υ᾽ὰ. Ῥεοϊόφξοπιοι, ἀρ. 10. τοὺς φρουροὺς τῶν ἁγίων πυλώνων᾽ τὰς ἐν Χριστῷ δκῳ νους ἀσπάζομαι, τὰς χριστολήπτους παρθένους. → … .

Topics: Church office

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9.13PG 5:910

Ταῦτα ἀπὸ Φιλίππων γράφω ὑμῖν. Ἐῤῥωμένους ὑμᾶς ὁ ὧν μόνος ἀγέννητος, διὰ τοῦ πρὸ αἰώνων γεγεννημένου, διαφυλάξοι πνεύματι καὶ σαρχὶ" καὶ ἴδοιμι ὑμᾶς ἐν τῇ τοῦ Χριστοῦ βασιλείᾳ. ᾿Ασπάζομαι τὸν ἀντ᾽ ἐμοῦ μέλλοντα ἄρχεϊν ὑμῶν" οὗ καὶ ὀναΐμην ἐν Χριστῷ. Ἔῤῥωσθε Θεῷ καὶ Χριστῷ, κεφωτισμένοι τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι.

Tauta apo Philippōn graphō hymin. Errhōmenous hymas ho hōn monos agennētos, dia tou pro aiōnōn gegennēmenou, diaphylaxoi pneumati kai sarchi" kai idoimi hymas en tę̄ tou Christou basileią. ᾿Aspazomai ton ant᾽ emou mellonta archeïn hymōn" hou kai onaïmēn en Christǭ. Errhōsthe Theǭ kai Christǭ, kephōtismenoi tǭ hagiǭ Pneumati.

I write these things to you from Philippi. May he who alone is unbegotten, through him who was begotten before the ages, keep you strong in spirit and flesh; and may I see you in the kingdom of Christ. I greet him who is to rule over you in my place; may I have joy of him in Christ. Farewell in God and in Christ, enlightened by the Holy Spirit.

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Summary: Ignatius closes the letter from Philippi.

Chapters 13–14. The Father as “alone unbegotten” and the Son as “begotten before the ages” is the long recension's credal language; translated as written.

Topics: Trinity

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Chapter 10

10.0PG 5

Διάχονον ᾿Αντιοχείας. “γνάτιος, ὁ καὶ Θεοφόρος, τῷ θεοτεμήτῳ καὶ ποθειματοφόρῳ, γνησίῳ τέχγῳ ἐν πίστει καὶ ἀγάπῃ, ἬἭρωνι διαχόνῳ Χριστοῦ, ὑπηρέτῃ Θεοῦ, χάρις, ἔλεος, καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ τοῦ καγτοχράτορος Θεοῦ, καὶ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, τοῦ μονογενοῦς αὐτοῦ Υἱοῦ, « τοῦ δόντος ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, ὅπως ἐξέληται ἡμᾶς ἐχ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος αἰῶνος πονηροῦ, » καὶ σώσῃ εἰς τὴν βασιιδίαν αὐτοῦ τὺν ἑἐπουράνιον. α

Diachonon ᾿Antiocheias. “gnatios, ho kai Theophoros, tǭ theotemētǭ kai potheimatophorǭ, gnēsiǭ techgǭ en pistei kai agapę̄, HēĒrōni diachonǭ Christou, hypēretę̄ Theou, charis, eleos, kai eirēnē apo tou kagtochratoros Theou, kai Christou Iēsou tou Kyriou hēmōn, tou monogenous autou Huiou, « tou dontos heauton hyper tōn hamartiōn hēmōn, hopōs exelētai hēmas ech tou enestōtos aiōnos ponērou, » kai sōsę̄ eis tēn basiidian autou tyn heepouranion. a

To Hero, deacon of Antioch. Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to Hero, honoured by God, most dear, Spirit-bearing, a true child in faith and love, deacon of Christ, servant of God: grace, mercy and peace from God Almighty and from Christ Jesus our Lord, his only-begotten Son, “who gave himself for our sins, to deliver us from the present evil age,” and to save us into his heavenly kingdom.

1 Tim 1:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gal 1:4 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Tim 4:18 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius greets Hero, deacon of Antioch.

Pseudo-Ignatius, To Hero (one of the letters added in the long recension), title and inscription. The epithets after “Hero” are garbled in the scan (θεοτεμήτῳ καὶ ποθειματοφόρῳ), read by sense. Gal 1:4; 1 Tim 1:2.

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Παρακαλῷ σε ἐν Θεῷ προσθεῖναι τῷ δρόμῳ σου, καὶ ἐχδιχεξν σοῦ τὸ ἀξίωμα. Τῆς συμφωνίας τῆς πρὸς τοὺς ἁγίους φρόντιζε. Τοὺς ἀσθενεστέρους βάσταζε, ἵνα πληρώσῃς τὸν νόμον τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Νηστείαις καὶ δεήσεσι σχόλαζε, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀμέτρως, ἵνα μὴ σαυτὸν καταδάλῃς. Οἵἴνου καὶ χρεῶν μὴ πάντη ἀπέχον" οὐ γάρ ἐστι βδελυχτά (Τὰ γὰρ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς. φησὶ, φάγεσθε, καί" Ἔδεσθε κρέα ὡς λάχανα, εἰς.), ἀλλὰ μεμετρημένως καὶ εὐτάχτως, ὡς Θεοῦ χορηγοῦντος. Τίς γὰρ φάγεται, ἣ τίς πίεται παρὲξ αὐτοῦ; ὅτι εἴ τι χα.1ὸν, αὐτοῦ " καὶ εἴ τι ἀγα… … γάρ ἔστι βδελυκτά" Τὰ γὰρ ἀγαθὰ τῆς τῆς, φη, φάγεσθε. Καί" Ἔδεσθε χρέα ὡς «Ἰάχαγα. Καὶ" Οἷγος εὐφραίνει καρδίαν ἀγθρώπου,, καὶ ἔλαιον ἱλαρύγνει, καὶ ἄρτος στηρίζει" ἀλλὰ μεμετρημέακ καὶ εὐτάχτως, ὡς θεοῦ χορηγοῦντος. Τίς γὰρ ςἀγε ται, ἣ τίς πίεται παρὲξ ἀὐτοῦ; Ὅτι εἴ τι χαιϊόν, αὑτοῦ " καὶ εἴ τι ἀγαθὸν, αὐτοῦ. Τῇ ἀναγνώσε' πρόσεχε, ἵνα μὴ μόνον αὑτὸς εἰδῇς τοὺς νόμους, ἀλλὺ καὶ ἄλλοις αὐτοὺς ἐξηγῇ, ὡς Θεοῦ ἀθλητής. Οὐ δεὶς στρατευόμενος ἐμπιλέχεται ταῖς τοὺ βίου Ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀθι1ῇ τις (θ), οὐ στεφανοῦται, ἐὰν μὴ γομίμως ἀθι1ήσῃ. ᾿Αντίψυχόν σου ἐγὼ ὁ δέσμιος.

Parakalǭ se en Theǭ prostheinai tǭ dromǭ sou, kai echdichexn sou to axiōma. Tēs symphōnias tēs pros tous hagious phrontize. Tous asthenesterous bastaze, hina plērōsę̄s ton nomon tou Christou. Nēsteiais kai deēsesi scholaze, alla mē ametrōs, hina mē sauton katadalę̄s. Hoiinou kai chreōn mē pantē apechon" ou gar esti bdelychta (Ta gar agatha tēs gēs. phēsi, phagesthe, kai" Edesthe krea hōs lachana, eis.), alla memetrēmenōs kai eutachtōs, hōs Theou chorēgountos. Tis gar phagetai, hē tis pietai parex autou? hoti ei ti cha.1on, autou " kai ei ti aga… … gar esti bdelykta" Ta gar agatha tēs tēs, phē, phagesthe. Kai" Edesthe chrea hōs «Iachaga. Kai" Hoigos euphrainei kardian agthrōpou,, kai elaion hilarygnei, kai artos stērizei" alla memetrēmeak kai eutachtōs, hōs theou chorēgountos. Tis gar sage tai, hē tis pietai parex autou? Hoti ei ti chaiïon, hautou " kai ei ti agathon, autou. Tę̄ anagnōse' proseche, hina mē monon hautos eidę̄s tous nomous, ally kai allois autous exēgę̄, hōs Theou athlētēs. Ou deis strateuomenos empilechetai tais tou biou Ean de kai athi1ę̄ tis (th), ou stephanoutai, ean mē gomimōs athi1ēsę̄. ᾿Antipsychon sou egō ho desmios.

I exhort you in God to press on in your course and to vindicate your dignity. Care for concord with the saints. Bear with the weaker, that you may fulfil the law of Christ. Give yourself to fastings and prayers, but not beyond measure, lest you cast yourself down. Do not abstain altogether from wine and meat, for they are not abominable (“For you shall eat the good things of the land,” he says, and “You shall eat meat as herbs,” and so on), but use them with measure and good order, as God supplies them. For who will eat, or who will drink, without him? For if anything is fair, it is his; and if anything is good … … for they are not abominable: “For you shall eat the good things of the land,” he says; and, “You shall eat meat as herbs”; and, “Wine gladdens the heart of man, and oil makes cheerful, and bread strengthens”; but [use them] with measure and good order, as God supplies them. For who will eat, or who will drink, without him? For if anything is fair, it is his; and if anything is good, it is his. Give heed to reading, that you may not only know the laws yourself but also expound them to others, as God's athlete. “No one serving as a soldier entangles himself in the affairs of life …” “And if anyone competes, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully.” I, the prisoner, am a ransom for you.

Gal 6:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 1:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 9:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Eccl 2:25 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 4:4 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 104:15 (103:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 4:13 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Tim 2:4 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Tim 2:5 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius urges Hero to persevere, bear with the weak, and fast with moderation, since wine and meat are not abominable.

Chapter 1, continued in ref 3. The scan doubles a phrase (“do not abstain altogether”; removed). The words in parentheses appear so in the scan. Migne's notes at the end (citing the Apostolic Constitutions) are removed. Gal 6:2; Isa 1:19; Gen 9:3; Eccl 2:25.
End of chapter 1. The scan repeats the end of ref 1 here in fuller form (adding Ps 104:15) after Migne's notes, which are removed at the start. 2 Tim 2:4–5; 1 Tim 4:13.

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Topics: Church office, Fasting, Scripture and canon

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Πᾶς ὁ λέγων παρὰ τὰ διατεταγμένα, χὰν ἀξιόπιστος ἧ, χἂν νηστεύῃ, χἂν παρθενεύῃ, χὶν σημεῖα ποιῇ, κἂν προφητεύῃ, λύχος σοι φαινέσθω, ζόμενος. Εἴ τις ἀρνεῖται τὸν σταυρὸν, καὶ τὸ πάϑν ἐπαισχύνεται, ἔστω σοι ὡς αὐτὸς ὁ ἀντιχείμενος ([]᾿ Κἂν ψωμίσῃ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα πτωχοῖς, κἂν ἔφη μεθιστᾷ, κἂν παραδῷ τὸ σῶμα εἰς καῦσιν, ἔστω σοι βδελυχτός. Εἴ τις φαυλίζει τὸν νόμον, ἣ τὸς προφῆτας, οὖς ὁ Χριοτὸς παρὼν ἐπλήρωσεν, ἔτω σοι ὡς ᾿Αντίχριστος, Εἴ τις ἄνθρωπον (ὁ) ψιλὸν λέγῃ τὸν Κύριον, Ἰουδαῖός ἐστι Χριστοχτόνος ([].

Pas ho legōn para ta diatetagmena, chan axiopistos hē, chan nēsteuę̄, chan partheneuę̄, chin sēmeia poię̄, kan prophēteuę̄, lychos soi phainesthō, zomenos. Ei tis arneitai ton stauron, kai to paϑn epaischynetai, estō soi hōs autos ho anticheimenos ([]᾿ Kan psōmisę̄ ta hyparchonta ptōchois, kan ephē methistą, kan paradǭ to sōma eis kausin, estō soi bdelychtos. Ei tis phaulizei ton nomon, hē tos prophētas, ous ho Chriotos parōn eplērōsen, etō soi hōs ᾿Antichristos, Ei tis anthrōpon (ho) psilon legę̄ ton Kyrion, Ioudaios esti Christochtonos ([].

Everyone who speaks contrary to what has been ordained, even if he be trustworthy, even if he fasts, even if he lives in virginity, even if he works signs, even if he prophesies, let him appear to you a wolf … If anyone denies the cross and is ashamed of the passion, let him be to you as the adversary himself. Even if he gives away his goods to feed the poor, even if he moves mountains, even if he gives his body to be burned, let him be abominable to you. If anyone makes light of the law or the prophets, which Christ fulfilled at his coming, let him be to you as Antichrist. If anyone says that the Lord is a mere man, he is a Jew, a Christ-killer.

Matt 7:15 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 13:3 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 13:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 5:17 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius tells Hero to treat as wolves and antichrists any who teach contrary to the faith, however impressive their lives.

Chapter 2. A few words are lost after “a wolf” (“in sheep's clothing, working the destruction of the sheep”). The final sentence is the long recension's polemic, translated as written. Matt 7:15; 1 Cor 13:2–3; Matt 5:17.

Topics: Heresy, Christology

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10.3PG 5:911

Χήρας τίμα, τας ὄντως χήρας. Ὄρφανιν προῖστασο. Ὁ Θεὸς γάρ ἐστι πατὴρ τῶν ὀρφανῶν, καὶ χριτὴς τῶν χηρῶν. Μηδὲν ἄνευ τῶν ἐπισχόπον πράττε ἱερεῖς γάρ εἰσι" σὺ δὲ διάχονος τῶν ἰε- … νοῦσι, χειροθετοῦσι" σὺ δὲ αὐτοῖς διαχονεῖς ' ({, ὡς Στέφανος ὁ ἅγιος ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις Ἰαχώδῳ καὶ τοῖς πρεσθυτέροις. Τῶν συνάξεων μὴ ἀμέλει. Ἔξ ὀνόματος πάντας ἐπιζήτει. Μηδείς γίγου τῶν πιστῶν ἐν «1όγῳ, ἐν ἀναστροφῇ. ΕΥ. Οἰἱχέτας μὴ ἐπαισχύνου" χοινωνεῖ ὃ γὰρ ἡμῖν καὶ αὐτοῖς ἡ φύσις ". Γυναῖχας μὴ βδελύττου" αὐταί σε γὰρ γεγεννήχασι ἡ, καὶ ἐξέθρεψαν. ᾿Αγαπᾷν οὖν χρὴ τὰς αἰτίας τῆς γεννήσεως, μόνον δὲ ἐν Κυρίῳ 5" ἄνεν δὲ γυναιχὺς ἀνὴρ οὐ παιδοποιῆσει" τιμᾷν οὖν χρὴ τὰς συνεργοὺς τῆς γεννήσεως. Οὔτε ἀγὴρ χωρὶς γυγαικὸς, οὔτε γυνὴ χωρὶς ἀνδρὸς, εἰ μὴ ἐπὶ τῶν πρωτοπλάστων. Τοῦ γὰρ ᾿Αδὰμ τὸ σῶμα ἐχ τῶν τεσσάρων στοιχείων" τῆς δὲ Εὔας, ἐχ τῆς πλευρᾶς τοῦ ᾿Αδάμ. Καὶ ὁ παράδοξος δὲ τοχετὸς τοῦ Ἰζυρίου, ἐχ μόνης τῆς Παρθένον’ οὐ βδελυχτῆς οὔσης τῆς νομίμου μίξεως, ἀλλὰ θεοπρεποὺς τῆς γεννήσεως. Ἔπρεπε γὰρ τῷ Δημιουργῷ, μὴ τῇ συνἦθει ἀποχρήσασθαι γεννήσει 15, ἀλλὰ τῇ παραδόξῳ καὶ ξένῃ, ὡς δημιουργῷ.

Chēras tima, tas ontōs chēras. Orphanin proistaso. Ho Theos gar esti patēr tōn orphanōn, kai chritēs tōn chērōn. Mēden aneu tōn epischopon pratte hiereis gar eisi" sy de diachonos tōn ie- … nousi, cheirothetousi" sy de autois diachoneis ' ({, hōs Stephanos ho hagios en Hierosolymois Iachōdǭ kai tois presthyterois. Tōn synaxeōn mē amelei. Ex onomatos pantas epizētei. Mēdeis gigou tōn pistōn en «1ogǭ, en anastrophę̄. EU. Oiichetas mē epaischynou" choinōnei ho gar hēmin kai autois hē physis ". Gynaichas mē bdelyttou" autai se gar gegennēchasi hē, kai exethrepsan. ᾿Agapąn oun chrē tas aitias tēs gennēseōs, monon de en Kyriǭ 5" anen de gynaichys anēr ou paidopoiēsei" timąn oun chrē tas synergous tēs gennēseōs. Oute agēr chōris gygaikos, oute gynē chōris andros, ei mē epi tōn prōtoplastōn. Tou gar ᾿Adam to sōma ech tōn tessarōn stoicheiōn" tēs de Euas, ech tēs pleuras tou ᾿Adam. Kai ho paradoxos de tochetos tou Izyriou, ech monēs tēs Parthenon’ ou bdelychtēs ousēs tēs nomimou mixeōs, alla theoprepous tēs gennēseōs. Eprepe gar tǭ Dēmiourgǭ, mē tę̄ synēthei apochrēsasthai gennēsei 15, alla tę̄ paradoxǭ kai xenę̄, hōs dēmiourgǭ.

Honour widows who are widows indeed. Be a protector of orphans; for God is the father of orphans and the judge of widows. Do nothing without the bishops; for they are priests, and you are a deacon of the priests … they lay on hands; but you serve them, as the holy Stephen served James and the presbyters in Jerusalem. Do not neglect the assemblies; seek out all by name. Let no one … become an example to the believers in word, in conduct. [4] Do not be ashamed of slaves; for nature is common to us and to them. Do not abhor women; for they gave you birth and brought you up. One must, then, love the causes of one's birth, but only in the Lord. Without a woman a man will not beget children; one must, then, honour the partners in birth. Neither is man without woman nor woman without man, except in the case of the first-formed. For the body of Adam was made from the four elements, and Eve's from the side of Adam. And the wondrous birth of the Lord was from the Virgin alone; not that lawful intercourse is abominable, but because the birth was such as befitted God. For it was fitting for the Creator not to use the ordinary way of birth but a wondrous and strange one, as Creator.

1 Tim 5:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 68:5 (67:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 6:5 (allusion, low confidence) · 1 Tim 4:12 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 11:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 2:7 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 2:22 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius instructs Hero on widows, orphans, his service to the bishops, slaves and women, and explains the virgin birth without disparaging marriage.

This ref holds chapters 3 and 4 ([4]). Migne's notes are removed in chapter 3, where some words are lost (“they baptize, offer sacrifice, ordain”); “Let no one …” lacks the words of 1 Tim 4:12 (“despise your youth”). Ps 68:5 (LXX 67:6); 1 Tim 5:3; 4:12; 1 Cor 11:11; Gen 2:7, 22.

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Topics: Church office, Marriage, Christology

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Ὑπερηφανίαν φεῦγε. Ὑπερηφάγνοις γὰρ ἀν- «εἷς γὰρ, φησὶ, πάντας τοὺς «1αλοῦντας τὸ ψεῦδος. Φθόνον φυλάττον " ἀρχηγὸς γὰρ 13 αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ᾽" ὁ διάδολος, καὶ διάδοχος ὁ Κάϊν, ἀδελφῷ βασχάνας, καὶ ἐχ φθόνου φόνον χατεργασάμενος. Ταῖς ἀδελφαῖς μου παραίνει ἀγαπᾷν τὸν Θεὸν, … καὶ μόνον ἀρχεῖσθαι τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν. ᾿υμοίως … Μαχρόθυμος ἔσο, ἵνα ἧς πολὺς ἐν φρονήρῆς ". Ἐλεημοσύναις γὰρ καὶ πίστεσιν ἀποχᾶ» … Οὐ χαυχῶμαι ἐν χόσμῳ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν Κυρίῳ’ … στεύων, κοῦφος τῇ καρδίᾳ. ΥὙΙΙ. Μέμνησο τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ οὐχ ἀμαρτήσεις ποτέ. Μὴ γίγου δίψυχος ἐν προσευχῇ σου. Μαχάριος γὰρ ὁ μὴ διστάσας. Πιστεύω γὰρ εἰς τὸν Πατέρα … ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου μου. Πρόσθες οὖν ἐπὶ τῷ δρόμῳ᾽' … Χριστοῦ, παρόντος καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, καὶ … ραθήχην "', ἣν ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς παρεθέμεθά σοι, καὶ μὴ ἑαυτὸν ἀνάξιον χρίνης τῶν δειχθέντων "ἢ … σίαν ᾿Αντιοχέων. Πολυχάρπῳ παρεθέμην ὑμᾶς ἐν Κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ. … δεστῷ, ὅθεν καὶ ἐπέστειλά σοι. ΓἼΛσπασαι τὸ διαχόνους δου, ὧν ἐγὼ ὀναίμην ἐν Χριστῷ, σαρχί τε καὶ πνεύματι. Λσπασαι τὸν λαὸν Κυρίου, ἀπὸ μιχροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, χατ᾽ ὄνομα" οὺς παρατίθημί σοι, ὡς Μωσῆς Ἰησοῦ τῷ μετ᾽ αὐτὸν στρατηγῷ. Καὶ μὴ σοι φανῇ βαρὺ τὸ λεχθέν. Εἰ γὰρ καὶ μὴ ἐσμεν τοιοῦτοι, οἷοι ἐχεῖνοι " ἀλλ᾽ οὖν γε εὐχόμεθα γενέσθαι, ἐπειδὴ καὶτοῦ ᾿Αδραάμ ἐσμεν παῖδες. Ἵσχυε οὖν, ὦ Ἥρων, ἡρωϊχῶς καὶ ἀνδριχῶς. Σὺ γὰρ εἰσάξεις ἀπὸ «οὔ νῦν καὶ, ἐξάξεις τὸν λαὸν Κυρίου τὸν ἐν 'Ἄντιοχείχ᾽ καὶ ουχ ἔσται ἡ Συγαγωγὴ Κυρίου, ὡς πρόἔατα οἷς οὐχ ἔστι ποιμὴν.

Hyperēphanian pheuge. Hyperēphagnois gar an- «heis gar, phēsi, pantas tous «1alountas to pseudos. Phthonon phylatton " archēgos gar 13 autou estin ᾽" ho diadolos, kai diadochos ho Kaïn, adelphǭ baschanas, kai ech phthonou phonon chatergasamenos. Tais adelphais mou parainei agapąn ton Theon, … kai monon archeisthai tois idiois andrasin. ᾿ymoiōs … Machrothymos eso, hina hēs polys en phronērēs ". Eleēmosynais gar kai pistesin apocha» … Ou chauchōmai en chosmǭ, all᾽ en Kyriǭ’ … steuōn, kouphos tę̄ kardią. HyUII. Memnēso tou Theou, kai ouch amartēseis pote. Mē gigou dipsychos en proseuchę̄ sou. Macharios gar ho mē distasas. Pisteuō gar eis ton Patera … epi tou thronou mou. Prosthes oun epi tǭ dromǭ᾽' … Christou, parontos kai tou hagiou Pneumatos, kai … rathēchēn "', hēn egō kai ho Christos parethemetha soi, kai mē heauton anaxion chrinēs tōn deichthentōn "ē … sian ᾿Antiocheōn. Polycharpǭ parethemēn hymas en Kyriǭ Iēsou Christǭ. … destǭ, hothen kai epesteila soi. GILspasai to diachonous dou, hōn egō onaimēn en Christǭ, sarchi te kai pneumati. Lspasai ton laon Kyriou, apo michrou heōs megalou, chat᾽ onoma" ous paratithēmi soi, hōs Mōsēs Iēsou tǭ met᾽ auton stratēgǭ. Kai mē soi phanę̄ bary to lechthen. Ei gar kai mē esmen toioutoi, hoioi echeinoi " all᾽ oun ge euchometha genesthai, epeidē kaitou ᾿Adraam esmen paides. Hischye oun, ō Hērōn, hērōïchōs kai andrichōs. Sy gar eisaxeis apo «ou nyn kai, exaxeis ton laon Kyriou ton en 'Antiocheich᾽ kai ouch estai hē Sygagōgē Kyriou, hōs proeata hois ouch esti poimēn.

Flee pride; for [the Lord resists] the proud … “You will destroy,” he says, “all who speak falsehood.” Guard against envy; for its author is the devil, and his successor Cain, who envied his brother and from envy wrought murder. Exhort my sisters to love God and to be content with their own husbands only. … Be long-suffering, that you may be great in understanding. By almsgivings and faithfulness [sins are] … I do not boast in the world but in the Lord … [he who quickly] believes is light of heart. … [7] Remember God, and you will never sin. Do not be double-minded in your prayer; for blessed is he who does not doubt. For I believe in the Father … Add, then, to your course … Christ, the Holy Spirit also being present … the deposit which I and Christ have committed to you; and do not judge yourself unworthy of the things that have been shown … of the Antiochenes. I have commended you to Polycarp in the Lord Jesus Christ. … deacons, of whom may I have joy in Christ, in flesh and spirit. Greet the people of the Lord, from the least to the greatest, by name; whom I commit to you as Moses committed them to Joshua, the general after him. And let what I have said not seem burdensome to you. For even if we are not such as they were, yet we pray to become so, since we too are children of Abraham. Be strong, then, Hero, like a hero and like a man. For from now on you will bring in and lead out the people of the Lord that is in Antioch, and the congregation of the Lord will not be as sheep that have no shepherd.

Jas 4:6 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 5:6 (5:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 4:8 (allusion, high confidence) · Prov 14:29 (allusion, medium confidence) · Prov 15:27 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gal 6:14 (allusion, low confidence) · Jas 1:6 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Tim 6:20 (allusion, medium confidence) · Num 27:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Num 27:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Josh 1:6 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius warns Hero against pride, lying and envy, gives counsel for wives and husbands, and charges him to lead the people of Antioch as Joshua succeeded Moses.

This ref holds chapters 5–8 (only the numeral of 7 is visible; marked [7]; the opening of chapter 6 and the greetings that open chapter 8 are lost). The scan interleaves Migne's Latin translation line by line, with notes on ordination quoting the Apostolic Canons and Balsamon; these are removed, and much of the letter is lost or broken there (“…”). Words of Prov 15:27 (LXX) and Sir 19:4 survive in fragments. Jas 4:6; Ps 5:6 (LXX 5:7); Gen 4:8; Sir 7:36; Jas 1:6–8; 1 Tim 6:20; Num 27:17–18; Josh 1:6.

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Extrabiblical texts: Sir 19:4 (Sirach [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion); Sir 7:36 (Sirach [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)

Topics: Church office, Marriage, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 10.5 (PG 5:911; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/9-0/#p-10-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Ἄσπασαι Κασσιανὸν τὸν ξένον μου, καὶ τὴν σε- 5 μνοτάτην αὐτοῦ ὁμόζυγον, καὶ τὰ φίλτατα αὐτῶν παιδία οἷς δῴη 5 ὁ Θεὸς εὑρεῖν ἔλεον παρὰ Κυρίου, ἐν ἐχείγῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, τῆς εἰς ἡμᾶς διαχονίας: οὗς καὶ παρατίθημί σοι ἐν Χριστῷ. ἼΛσπασαι τοὺς ἐν Λαοδιχείᾳ 5 πιστοὺς ἅπαντας, χατ᾽ ὄνομα, ἐν Χριστῷ. Τῶν ἐν Ταρσῷ μὴ ἀμέλει. ᾿Αλλὰ συνεχέστερον αὐτοὺς ἐπίδλεπε, ἐπιστηρίζων αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον. Μάριν τὸν ἐν Νεαπόλει τῇ πρὸς ᾿Αναζαρδῷ ἐπίσκοπον, προσαγορεύω ἐν Κυρίῳ 5. Πρόσεἰπε δὲ καὶ τὴν σεμνοτάτην Μαρίαν 5, τὴν θυγατέρα μον, τὴν πολυμαθεστάτην καὶ τὴν κατ᾽ οἶκον αὑτῆς ᾿Εκκχ.λησίαν, ἧς ἀντίψυχον γενοῖμὴν" τὸ ἐξεμπλάριον τῶν εὐσεδῶν γυναιχῶν. Ὑγιαίνοντά σε καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν εὐδοχιμοῦντα, ὁ Πατὴρ κοὐ Χριστοῦ, δι᾽ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Μονογενοῦς φυλάττοι ἐπὶ μβήχιστον βίου χρόνον, εἰς ὠφέλειαν τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἐχχλησίας. ΓἜἜῤῥωσο ἐν Κυρίῳ, καὶ προσεύχου ἵνα …

Aspasai Kassianon ton xenon mou, kai tēn se- 5 mnotatēn autou homozygon, kai ta philtata autōn paidia hois dǭē 5 ho Theos heurein eleon para Kyriou, en echeigę̄ tę̄ hēmerą, tēs eis hēmas diachonias: hous kai paratithēmi soi en Christǭ. ILspasai tous en Laodicheią 5 pistous hapantas, chat᾽ onoma, en Christǭ. Tōn en Tarsǭ mē amelei. ᾿Alla synechesteron autous epidlepe, epistērizōn autous eis to Euangelion. Marin ton en Neapolei tę̄ pros ᾿Anazardǭ episkopon, prosagoreuō en Kyriǭ 5. Proseipe de kai tēn semnotatēn Marian 5, tēn thygatera mon, tēn polymathestatēn kai tēn kat᾽ oikon hautēs ᾿Ekkch.lēsian, hēs antipsychon genoimēn" to exemplarion tōn eusedōn gynaichōn. Hygiainonta se kai en pasin eudochimounta, ho Patēr kou Christou, di᾽ autou tou Monogenous phylattoi epi mbēchiston biou chronon, eis ōpheleian tēs tou Theou Echchlēsias. GEErrhōso en Kyriǭ, kai proseuchou hina …

Greet Cassian, my host, and his most venerable wife, and their dearest children; to whom may God grant to find mercy from the Lord on that day, for their ministry to us; I commend them also to you in Christ. Greet all the faithful in Laodicea by name, in Christ. Do not neglect those in Tarsus, but visit them more frequently, establishing them in the Gospel. I greet in the Lord Maris, the bishop in Neapolis near Anazarbus. Greet also the most venerable Maria, my daughter, the most learned, and the church in her house, for which may I be a ransom: the pattern of godly women. May the Father of Christ, through his only-begotten himself, keep you in health and well approved in all things for a very long span of life, for the benefit of the church of God. Farewell in the Lord, and pray that I …

2 Tim 1:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 4:15 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Ignatius sends greetings to Cassian, the faithful of Laodicea and Tarsus, Maris and Maria, and blesses Hero.

This ref holds chapters 8–9 (refs 10.7–10.8 do not exist in the staging). The last sentence breaks off (“that I may be perfected”); Migne's notes at the end are removed. 2 Tim 1:18; Col 4:15.

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Cite (SBL): Ps.-Ignatius, Ign. long rec. 10.9 (PG 5:911; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-long-recension/9-0/#p-10-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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