To the Philadelphians 1.2

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

Summary: Ignatius praises the bishop's steady, gentle character.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:240

συνευρύθμισται γὰρ ταῖς ἐντολαῖς ὡς χορδαῖς κιθάρα. διὸ μακαρίζει μου ἡ ψυχὴ τὴν εἰς θεὸν αὐτοῦ γνώμην, ἐπιγνοὺς ἐνάρετον καὶ τέλειον οὖσαν, τὸ ἀκίνητον αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ ἀόργητον αὐτοῦ ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιεικείᾳ θεοῦ ζῶντος.

English · Claude translation

For he is attuned to the commandments as a lyre to its strings. Therefore my soul blesses his mind toward God, knowing it to be virtuous and perfect, his steadfastness and his freedom from anger, in all the gentleness of the living God.

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Source: Lake, LCL 24:240 · 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

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Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): γαρ ταῖς → γὰρ ταῖς.

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Ign. Phld. 1.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/1/2/).

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Ign. Phld. 1.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/1/2/).

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