Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.]
Ignatius of Antioch
Ignatius of Antioch. Patres Apostolici, Vol. 2. Funk, Francis Xavier and Diekamp, Francis, editors. Tübingen: Henry Laupp, 1913.
XV. Ἄμεινόν ἐστι σιωπᾶν καὶ εἶναι, ἢ λαλεῖν καὶ μῆ εἶναι. οὐκ ἐν λόγῳ ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλ’ ἐν δυνάμει· καρδίᾳ πιστεύεται, στόματι δὲ ὁμολογεῖναι, τῇ μὲν εἰς δικαιοσύνην, τῷ δὲ εἰς σωτηρίαν καλὸν τὸ διδάσκειν, ἐὰν ὁ λέγων ποιῇ. ὃς γὰρ ἂν ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ, οὗτος μέγας ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ.
2. ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν καὶ θεὸς Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος πρῶτον ἐποίησεν, καὶ τότε ἐδίδαξεν, ὡς μαρτυρεῖ Λουκᾶς, οὗ ὁ ἔπαινος ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ διὰ πασῶν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν.