Sophia Scriptura

To the Philadelphians 2.1

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

Summary: Avoid division and follow the bishop as sheep follow their shepherd.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:240

Τέκνα οὖν φωτὸς ἀληθείας, φεύγετε τὸν μερισμὸν καὶ τὰς κακοδιδασκαλίας· ὅπου δὲ ὁ ποιμήν ἐστιν, ἐκεῖ ὡς πρόβατα ἀκολουθεῖτε.

English · Claude translation

Children, then, of the light of truth, flee division and wrong teaching; where the shepherd is, follow there as sheep.

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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.
Scripture
Topics
Church office, Heresy

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

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

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