Sophia Scriptura

To the Philadelphians 4.1

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

Summary: One Eucharist, one flesh and cup of Christ, one altar, one bishop.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:242

Σπουδάσατε οὖν μιᾷ εὐχαριστίᾳ χρῆσθαι· μία γὰρ σὰρξ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἓν ποτήριον εἰς ἕνωσιν τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ, ἓν θυσιαστήριον, ὡς εἷς ἐπίσκοπος ἅμα τῷ πρεσβυτερίῳ καὶ διακόνοις τοῖς συνδούλοις μου· ἵνα, ὃ ἐὰν πράσσητε, κατὰ θεὸν πράσσητε.

English · Claude translation

Be eager, then, to use one Eucharist; for there is one flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ and one cup for union with his blood, one altar, just as there is one bishop together with the council of presbyters and the deacons, my fellow servants; so that whatever you do, you do according to God.

About this passage

Source
Lake, LCL 24:242 · 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
Also in
PG 5:700a–700b (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
Eucharist, Church office

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Ign. Phld. 4.1 (PG 5:700a–700b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/4/1/).

Plain text
Ign. Phld. 4.1 (PG 5:700a–700b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/4/1/).

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