To the Magnesians 2.1

Ignatius of Antioch · To the Magnesians · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · Smyrna · Read in context

Summary: Ignatius has met the Magnesian delegates: bishop Damas, two presbyters, and the deacon Zotion.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:198

Ἐπεὶ οὖν ἠξιώθην ἰδεῖν ὑμᾶς διὰ Δαμᾶ τοῦ ἀξιοθέου ὑμῶν ἐπισκόπου καὶ πρεσβυτέρων ἀξίων Βάσσου καὶ Ἀπολλωνίου καὶ τοῦ συνδούλου μου διακόνου Ζωτίωνος, οὗ ἐγὼ ὀναίμην, ὅτι ὑποτάσσεται τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ ὡς χάριτι θεοῦ καὶ τῷ πρεσβυτερίῳ ὡς νόμῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

English · Claude translation

Since, then, I have been counted worthy to see you through Damas, your bishop worthy of God, and your worthy presbyters Bassus and Apollonius, and my fellow servant the deacon Zotion, of whom may I have joy, because he is subject to the bishop as to the grace of God and to the council of presbyters as to the law of Jesus Christ—

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:198 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 172–277 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
Topics: Church office

Notes

Translation notes

The sentence breaks off without a main clause in the Greek; the thought is resumed in 6.1.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): ἀξϊων → ἀξίων.

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Ign. Magn. 2.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/2/1/).

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Ign. Magn. 2.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/2/1/).

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