Sophia Scriptura

To the Magnesians 8.1

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

Summary: Do not go back to Jewish practice, as if grace had not come.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:204

Μὴ πλανᾶσθε ταῖς ἑτεροδοξίαις μηδὲ μυθεύμασιν τοῖς παλαιοῖς ἀνωφελέσιν οὖσιν. εἰ γὰρ μέχρι νῦν κατὰ Ἰουδαϊσμὸν ζῶμεν, ὁμολογοῦμεν χάριν μὴ εἰληφέναι.

English · Claude translation

Do not be led astray by other doctrines or by old fables, which are useless. For if we are still living according to Judaism, we confess that we have not received grace.

About this passage

Source
Lake, LCL 24:204 · 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 5:669a (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
Heresy

Notes

Translation notes

  • The warnings in 8–10 concern Christians who adopted Jewish practices such as keeping the Sabbath (9.1).

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing diaeresis)): κατὰ Ἰουδαῖσμὸν → κατὰ Ἰουδαϊσμὸν.

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Ign. Magn. 8.1 (PG 5:669a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/8/1/).

Plain text
Ign. Magn. 8.1 (PG 5:669a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/8/1/).

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