Sophia Scriptura

To the Magnesians 7.2

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

Summary: Gather as to one temple and one altar, to the one Christ who came from the one Father.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:202–204

πάντες ὡς εἰς ἕνα ναὸν συντρέχετε θεοῦ, ὡς ἐπὶ ἓν θυσιαστήριον, ἐπὶ ἕνα Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν ἀφʼ ἑνὸς πατρὸς προελθόντα καὶ εἰς ἕνα ὄντα καὶ χωρήσαντα.

English · Claude translation

All of you, run together as to one temple of God, as to one altar, to one Jesus Christ, who came forth from the one Father, and is with the One, and has returned to him.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:202–204 · 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
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PG 5:668c (found by text match)
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.
Scripture
Topics
Christology, Church office

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Ign. Magn. 7.2 (PG 5:668c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/7/2/).

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Ign. Magn. 7.2 (PG 5:668c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/7/2/).

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