Sophia Scriptura

To the Trallians 5.2

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

Summary: Knowing heavenly mysteries does not make one a true disciple.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:216

καὶ γὰρ ἐγώ, οὐ καθότι δέδεμαι καὶ δύναμαι νοεῖν τὰ ἐπουράνια καὶ τὰς τοποθεσίας τὰς ἀγγελικὰς καὶ τὰς συστάσεις τὰς ἀρχοντικάς, ὁρατά τε καὶ ἀόρατα, παρὰ τοῦτο ἤδη καὶ μαθητής εἰμι. πολλὰ γὰρ ἡμῖν λείπει, ἵνα θεοῦ μὴ λειπώμεθα.

English · Claude translation

For I too, not because I am in chains and can understand heavenly things, the places of the angels and the ranks of the powers, things visible and invisible, not for this reason am I already a disciple. For we lack much, so that we may not lack God.

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Lake, LCL 24:216 · 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 5:680a (found by text match)
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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.
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Ign. Trall. 5.2 (PG 5:680a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/5/2/).

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Ign. Trall. 5.2 (PG 5:680a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/5/2/).

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