Sophia Scriptura

To the Trallians 11.1

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

Summary: False teachers are poisonous growths, not the Father's planting.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:222

Φεύγετε οὖν τὰς κακὰς παραφυάδας τὰς γεννώσας καρπὸν θανατηφόρον, οὗ ἐὰν γεύσηταί τις, παρʼ αὐτὰ ἀποθνήσκει. οὗτοι γὰρ οὔκ εἰσιν φυτεία πατρός.

English · Claude translation

Flee, then, the evil offshoots that bear deadly fruit; if anyone tastes it, he dies on the spot. For these are not the Father's planting.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:222 · 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
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PG 5:684a (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
Heresy

Notes

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (final full stop lost where the transcription left the next section's number in the text): φυτεία πατρός → φυτεία πατρός..

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Ign. Trall. 11.1 (PG 5:684a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/11/1/).

Plain text
Ign. Trall. 11.1 (PG 5:684a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/11/1/).

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