To the Smyrnaeans 12.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Ignatius greets the whole church in Christ's flesh and blood.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:264–266

ἀσπάζομαι τὸν ἀξιόθεον ἐπίσκοπον καὶ θεοπρεπὲς πρεσβυτέριον καὶ τοὺς συνδούλους μου διακόνους καὶ τοὺς κατʼ ἄνδρα καὶ κοινῇ πάντας ἐν ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ τῇ σαρκὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ αἵματι, πάθει τε καὶ ἀναστάσει σαρκικῇ τε καὶ πνευματικῇ, ἐν ἑνότητι θεοῦ καὶ ὑμῶν. χάρις ὑμῖν, ἕλεος, εἰρήνη, ὑπομονὴ διὰ παντός.

English · Claude translation

I greet the bishop, worthy of God, and the godly council of presbyters, and my fellow servants the deacons, and all of you, one by one and together, in the name of Jesus Christ and in his flesh and blood, in his suffering and resurrection, both of flesh and of spirit, in the unity of God and of you. Grace, mercy, peace, and endurance be with you always.

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 24:264–266 · 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 5:717a–717b (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.

Topics

Church office

Cite this passage

Ign. Smyrn. 12.2 (PG 5:717a–717b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-smyrnaeans/12/2/).

Plain text

Ign. Smyrn. 12.2 (PG 5:717a–717b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-smyrnaeans/12/2/).