Epistles

Ignatius of Antioch

Ignatius of Antioch. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1912.

Σπουδάζετε οὖν βεβαιωθῆναι ἐν τοῖς δόγμασιν τοῦ κυρίου καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων, ἵνα πάντα, ὅσα [*](Ps. 1, 3) ποιεῖτε, κατευοδωθῆτε σαρκὶ καὶ πνεύματι, πίστει καὶ ἀγάπῃ, ἐν υἱῷ καὶ πατρὶ καὶ ἐν πνεύματι, ἐν ἀρχῇ καὶ ἐν τέλει, μετὰ τοῦ ἀξιοπρεπεστάτου ἐπισκόπου ὑμῶν καὶ ἀξιοπλόκου πνευματικοῦ στεφάνου τοῦ πρεσβυτερίου ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν κατὰ θεὸν διακόνων.

ὑποτάγητε τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ καὶ

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ἀλλήλοις, ὡς Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς τῷ πατρὶ [*](patri/ A(g), add kata\ sa/rka according to the flesh GL.) καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι τῷ Χριστῷ καὶ τῷ πατρὶ [*](patri/ A, add kai\ tw=| pne/umati, and the spirit GL.) ἵνα ἕνωσις ᾖ σαρκική τε καὶ πνευματική.