# To the Philadelphians 4.1

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Philadelphians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/) (*Ad Philadelphenses*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/4/1/

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

## Greek text

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 translation (Claude)

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.

## Scripture references

- 1 Cor 10:16: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Cor 10:17: allusion, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

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