Epistles

Ignatius of Antioch

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

For he is attuned to the commandments as a harp to its strings. Therefore my soul blesses his godly mind, recognising its virtue and perfection, and the unmoveable and passionless temper by which he lives in all godly gentleness.

Therefore as children of the light of truth flee[*](Warning against heresy) from division and wrong doctrine. And follow as sheep where the shepherd is.

For there are many specious wolves who lead captive with evil pleasures the runners in God’s race, but they will find no place if you are in unity.