Sophia Scriptura

To the Trallians, inscription

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

Summary: Ignatius greets the church at Tralles.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:212

Ἰγνάτιος, ὁ καὶ Θεοφόρος, ἠγαπημένῃ θεῷ, πατρὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐκκλησίᾳ ἁγίᾳ τῇ οὔσῃ ἐν Τράλλεσιν τῆς Ἀσίας, ἐκλεκτῇ καὶ ἀξιοθέῳ, εἰρηνευούσῃ ἐν σαρκὶ καὶ πνεύματι τῷ πάθει Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τῆς ἐλπίδος ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ εἰς αὐτὸν ἀναστάσει· ἣν καὶ ἀσπάζομαι ἐν τῷ πληρώματι ἐν ἀποστολικῷ χαρακτῆρι καὶ εὔχομαι πλεῖστα χαίρειν.

English · Claude translation

Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the holy church that is in Tralles in Asia, beloved by God the Father of Jesus Christ, chosen and worthy of God, at peace in flesh and spirit through the suffering of Jesus Christ, who is our hope through our resurrection to him. I greet it in the fullness, in the apostolic manner, and wish it abundant greetings.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:212 · 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
Christology

Notes

Translation notes

  • “In the fullness” (ἐν τῷ πληρώματι): probably the fullness of God (compare Eph 3:19).
  • “In the apostolic manner”: in the style of the apostles' letters.

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Ign. Trall. 0 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/0/).

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Ign. Trall. 0 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/0/).

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