For he is in harmony with the commandments [of God], even as the harp is with its strings. "[4] For if we still live according to the Jewish law, and the circumcision of the flesh, we deny that we have received grace. II. But even those things which ye do according to the flesh are spiritual; for ye do all things in Jesus Christ. In order, therefore, that your work may be complete both on earth and in heaven, it is fitting that, for the honour of God, your Church should elect some worthy delegate;(6) so that he, journeying into Syria, may congratulate them that they are[now] at peace, and are restored to their proper greatness, and that their proper constitution(8) has been re- established among them. Be not ye anointed with the bad odour of the doctrine of the prince of this world; let him not lead you away captive from the life which is set before you. Am I not able to write to you of heavenly things? Support(2) all in love, as also thou doest. Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude[of the people] also be; even as where Christ is, there does all the heavenly host stand by, waiting upon Him as the Chief Captain of the Lord's might, and the Governor of every intelligent nature. CHAP. For says He, "Which of you convicteth me of sin? But if any one preach the Jewish law(9) unto you, listen not to him. Only[in one way or another] let us be found in Christ Jesus unto the true life. I have no delight in corruptible food, nor in the pleasures of this life. There is also one Comforter, who displayed(9) His power in Moses, and the prophets, and apostles. They were apostles; I am but a condemned man: they were free,(3) while I am, even until now, a servant. To the Trallians, 4. Let your baptism endure as your arms; your faith as your helmet; your love as your spear; your patience as a complete panoply. CHAP. "(12) It is becoming, therefore, that ye also should be obedient to your bishop, and contradict him in nothing; for it is a fearful thing to contradict any such person. I have become acquainted with your name, much-beloved in God, which ye have acquired by the habit of righteousness, according to the faith and love in Jesus Christ our Saviour. A Christian has not power over himself, but must always be ready for(5) the service of God. Have a regard to preserve unity, than which nothing is better. But the Spirit made an announcement to me, saying as follows: Do nothing without the bishop; keep your bodies(12) as the temples of God; love unity; avoid divisions; be ye followers of Paul, and of the rest of the apostles, even as they also were of Christ. Blessed is he in Christ Jesus, who shall be deemed worthy of such a ministry; and if ye be zealous[in this matter], ye shall receive glory in Christ. I give you these instructions, beloved, assured that ye also hold the same opinions[as I do]. The priests(11) indeed, and the ministers of the word, are good; but the High Priest is better, to whom the holy of holies has been committed, and who alone has been entrusted with the secrets of God. For the beginning has been well or dered, if I may obtain grace to cling to(1) my lot without hindrance unto the end. For the archives ought not to be preferred to the Spirit. Bear with all even as the Lord does with thee. [6], If, therefore, those who were brought up in the ancient order of things[7] have come to the possession of a new[8] hope, no longer observing the Sabbath, but living in the observance[10] of the Lord's Day, on which also our life has sprung up again by Him and by His death whom some deny, by which mystery we have obtained faith,[12] and therefore endure, that we may be found the disciples of Jesus Christ, our only Master how shall we be able to live apart from Him, whose disciples the prophets themselves in the Spirit did wait for Him as their Teacher? For though I am bound for the name[of Christ], I am not yet perfect in Jesus Christ. Wherefore youth is not to be despised when it is devoted to God. "Watch ye, and be ye sober,"[14] in Christ Jesus. Nothing visible is eternal. My love(8) has been crucified, and there is nofire in me desiring to be fed;(1) but there is within me a water that liveth and speaketh,(2) saying to me inwardly, Come to the Father. "(7) The day of the preparation, then, comprises the passion; the Sabbath embraces the burial; the Lord's Day contains the resurrection. I. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Fare ye well in the Lord Jesus Christ, our common hope, in the Holy Ghost. "(18) For" he that does not heal himself in his own works, is the brother of him that destroys himself. Support(2) all in love, as also thou doest. It was written during Ignatius' transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. ), The Reception of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers ( Oxford: OUP, 2005). Apart from these there is no elect Church, no congregation of holy ones, no assembly of saints. Grace shall be with him for ever, and with Polycarp that sends him. Grace will reward him in all things. (18) All these things are good together, if ye believe in love. It is not lawful without the bishop either to baptize or to celebrate a love-feast; but whatsoever he shall approve of, that is also pleasing to God, so that everything that is done may be secure and valid.(2). Knowing, therefore, your energetic love of the truth, I have exhorted you by this brief Epistle. My soul be for theirs(9) that are submissive to the bishop, to the presbyters, and to the deacons, and may my portion be along with them in God! "(10) For our God, Jesus Christ, Bow that He is with(11) the Father, is all the more revealed [in His glory]. (4) I trust to the grace of Jesus Christ, that He will free you from every bond of wickedness. CHAP. Yet it is not I, but Jesus Christ, for whose sake being bound I fear the more, inasmuch as I am not yet perfect. For though I am alive while I write to you, yet I am eager to die. My authentic archives are His cross, and death, and resurrection, and the faith which bears on these things, by which I desire, through your prayers, to be justified. III. "For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, but lose his own soul?" Abide in Christ, that the stranger[11] may not have dominion over you. 2 When I heard of your well ordered love and charity in God, being full of joy, I desired much to speak unto you in the faith … I beseech of you not to show an unseasonable goodwill towards me. I am a condemned man, ye have been the objects of mercy; I am subject to danger, ye are established in safety. "[5] For "they are dumb dogs, that cannot bark,"[6] raving mad, and biting secretly, against whom ye must be on your guard, since they labour under an incurable disease. For they are not Christ's husbandry, but the seed of the enemy, from whom may you ever be delivered by the prayers of the shepherd, that most faithful and gentle shepherd who presides over you. Permit me to be an imitator of the passion of my God. It is fitting, therefore, that ye should keep aloof from such persons, and not to speak of(15) them either in private or in public, but to give heed to the prophets, and above all, to the Gospel, in which the passion[of Christ] has been revealed to us, and the resurrection has been fully proved. (4) Grace, mercy, peace, and patience, be with you for evermore! Those, therefore, who speak against this gift of God, incur death(11) in the midst of their disputes. (6) During the Sabbath He continued under the earth in the tomb in which Joseph of Arimathaea had laid Him. And do ye pray along with me, that I may attain my aim in the Holy Spirit. By it(9) He calls you through His passion, as being His members. He who honours the bishop shall be honoured by God, even as he that dishonours him shall be punished by God. Read by Sam Stinson. If thou lovest the good disciples, no thanks are due to thee on that account; but rather seek by meekness to subdue the more troublesome. 36 tells the story of Ignatius. No man [truly] making a profession of faith sinneth;(13) nor does he that possesses love hate any one. Remember in your prayers the Church which is in Syria, which, instead of me, has now for its shepherd the Lord, who says, "I am the good Shepherd." I pray for your happiness for ever in our God, Jesus Christ, by whom continue ye in the unity and under the protection of God. In like manner, let all reverence the deacons as an appointment(2) of Jesus Christ, and the bishop as Jesus Christ, who is the Son of the Father, and the presbyters as the sanhedrin of God, and assembly of the apostles. be blasphemed. HE epistles ascribed to Ignatius have given rise to more controversy than any other documents connected with the primitive church. (13) But the Spirit proclaimed these words: Do nothing without the bishop; keep your bodies(1) as the temples of God;(2) love unity; avoid divisions; be the followers of Jesus Christ, even as He is of His Father. CHAP. Now, this work is both God's and yours, when ye shall have completed it to His glory. My bonds, which I carry about with me for the sake of Jesus Christ (praying that I may attain to God), exhort you. If any one is truly religious, he is a man of God; but if he is irreligious, he is a man of the devil, made such, not by nature, but by his own choice. Now, this work is both God's and yours, when ye shall have completed it. THE DUTIES OF THE CHRISTIAN FLOCK. Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the Church which has obtained mercy, through the majesty of the Mast High Father, and Jesus Christ, His only-begotten Son; the Church which is beloved and enlightened by the will of Him that willeth all things which are according to the love of Jesus Christ our God, which also presides in the place of the report of the Romans, worthy of God, worthy of honour, worthy of the highest happiness, worthy of praise, worthy of obtaining her every desire, worthy of being deemed holy,(2) and which presides over love, is named from Christ, and from the Father, which I also salute in the name of Jesus Christ, the San of the Father: to those who are united, both according ta the flesh and spirit, to every one of His commandments; who are filled inseparably with the grace of God, and are purified from every strange taint, [I wish] abundance of happiness unblameably, in Jesus Christ our God. And why have I also surrendered myself to death, to fire, to the sword, to the wild beasts? "(3) The Father, therefore, who raised Him up, will also raise us up through Him, apart from whom no one will attain to true life. The other authentic epistles of Ignatius consist of 6 other epistles to churches and 1 to his friend, St. Polycarp. 3908 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<223222D22EAB72429CC8C417BD20054B><7836CE5E3719B34CBF67B841C7703891>]/Index[3900 21]/Info 3899 0 R/Length 60/Prev 322254/Root 3901 0 R/Size 3921/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream (9) "It is hard to kick against the pricks;"(10)it is hard to disbelieve Christ; it is hard to reject the preaching of the apostles. And when He had lived among men for thirty years, He was baptized by John, really and not in appearance; and when He had preached the Gospel three years, and done signs and wonders, He who was Himself the Judge was judged by the Jews, falsely so called, and by Pilate the governor; was scourged, was smitten on the cheek, was spit upon; He wore a crown of thorns and a purple robe; He was condemned: He was crucified in reality, and not in appearance, not in imagination, not in deceit. For I have observed that ye are perfected in an immoveable faith, as if ye were nailed to the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, both in the flesh and in the spirit, and are established in love through the blood of Christ, being fully persuaded with respect to our Lord, that He was truly of the seed of David according to the flesh,(3) and the Son of God according to the will and power(4) of God; that He was truly born of a virgin, was baptized by John, in order that all righteousness might be fulfilled(5) by Him; and was truly, under Pontius Pilate and Herod the tetrarch, nailed[to the cross] for us in His flesh. Being the followers[4] of the love of God towards man, and stirring up s yourselves by the blood of Christ, you have perfectly accomplished the work which was beseeming to you. 3920 0 obj <>stream This is the Way(12) which leads to the Father, the Rock,(13) the Defence,(14) the Key, the Shepherd,(15) the Sacrifice, the Door(16) of knowledge, through which have entered Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, Moses and all the company of the prophets, and these pillars of the world, the apostles, and the spouse of Christ, on whose account He poured out His own blood, as her marriage portion, that He might redeem her. And this will be the case with you if you are not puffed up, and continue in intimate union with(17) Jesus Christ our God, and the bishop, and the enactments of the apostles. I write to the Churches, and impress on them all, that I shall willingly die for God, unless ye hinder me. CAUTION AGAINST FALSE DOCTRINES. 0 "[10] Let us make them brethren by our kindness. For as many as are of Christ are also with the bishop; but as many as fall away from him, and embrace communion with the accursed, these shall be cut off along with them. For, says he, "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ."[8]. For, on hearing that I came bound from Syria for the common name and hope, trusting through your prayers to be permitted to fight with beasts at Rome, that so by martyrdom I may indeed become the disciple of Him "who gave Himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God,"[6][ye hastened to see me[7]]. II. Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, lest we despise the riches of His goodness and forbearance. Stand firm, as does an anvil which is beaten. If any one confesses the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and praises the creation, but calls the incarnation merely an appearance, and is ashamed of the passion, such an one has denied the faith, not less than the Jews who killed Christ. Now, He suffered all these things for our sakes, that we might be saved. For says the Scripture, "Many bodies of the saints that slept arose,"(3) their graves being opened. No man making a profession of faith ought to sin, nor one possessed of love to hate his brother. Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed ye are not deceived; for ye are wholly devoted to God. To all them that repent, the Lord grants forgiveness, if they turn in penitence to the unity of God, and to communion with the bishop. Let them not long to be set free [from slavery] at the public expense, that they be not found slaves to their own desires. Blessed be God, who has granted unto you, who are yourselves so excellent, to obtain such an excellent bishop. Wherefore Thomas also says to Him, "My Lord, and my God. The Lord also says to the priests, "He that heareth you, heareth Me; and he that heareth Me, heareth the Father that sent Me. "(11) Wherefore "He makes His sun to rise upon the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust;"(12) of whose kindness the Lord, wishing us also to be imitators, says, "Be ye perfect, even as also your Father that is in heaven is perfect."(13). Remember me, as Jesus Christ also remembered you. IX. There is one Physician who is possessed both of flesh and spirit; both made and not made; God existing in flesh; true life in death; both of Mary and of God; first possible and then impossible,[7] even Jesus Christ our Lord. CHAP. and why, through a careless neglect of acknowledging the gift which we have received, do we foolishly perish? But may those that dishonoured them be forgiven through the grace of Jesus Christ! (6) But I have obtained mercy to be somebody, if I shall attain to God. VI. It is better for me to die in behalf of(5) Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth. (9) Why do we not, as gifted with reason, act wisely? They have no regard for love; no care for the widow, or the orphan, or the oppressed; of the bond, or of the free; of the hungry, or of the thirsty. To the Romans, 5. CHAP. Through prayer to God I have obtained the privilege of seeing your most worthy faces,(4) even as I earnestly begged might be granted me; for as a prisoner in Christ Jesus I hope to salute you, if indeed it be the will [of God] that I be thought worthy of attaining unto the end. Nevertheless, according to the will of God, I have been thought worthy[of this honour], not that I have any sense(5)[of having deserved it], but by the grace of God, which I wish may be perfectly given to me, that through your prayers I may attain to God. "(17), Now I write these things unto you, not that I know there are any such persons among you; nay, indeed I hope that God will never permit any such report to reach my ears, He "who spared not His Son for the sake of His holy Church. Remember me, as Jesus Christ also remembers you, who is blessed for evermore. For were He to reward us according to our works, we should cease to be. For it is not my desire to act towards you as a man-pleaser,(4) but as pleasing God, even as also ye please Him. I. h�b```f``Z��������ˀ �@ �8���(���+0|��о\H��_D��a��W���q�e��='��1��.ܻҝ��d6'0^�>!�hRw��k����ߏ�M?X��k�����"|�d�BW%��+*�ݮ��9w���g�*����s;��^ec�I���#I��1�� V. THE DUTIES OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES. He was born and baptized, that by His passion He might purify the water. To the Ephesians, 2. Whosoever, "being waxen fat,"(5) and "become gross," sets at nought His doctrine, shall go into hell. In like manner also, exhort my brethren, in the name of Jesus Christ, that they love their wives, even as the Lord the Church. Ye are initiated into the mysteries of the Gospel with Paul, the holy, the martyred, inasmuch as he was "a chosen vessel;"(3) at whose feet may I be found, and at the feet of the rest of the saints, when I shall attain to Jesus Christ, who is always mindful of you in His prayers. CHAP. For when I was among you, I cried, I spoke with a loud voice the word is not mine, but God's Give heed to the bishop, and to the presbytery and deacons. LET OTHER CHURCHES ALSO SEND TO ANTIOCH. I thank God, through Jesus Christ, that I have a good conscience in respect to you, and that no one has it in his power to boast, either privately or publicly, that I have burdened any one either in much or in little. The grace of the Lord will reward him in all things. But as for me, I am ashamed to be counted one of them; for indeed I am not worthy, as being the very last of them, and one born out of due time. For the priesthood is the very highest point of all good things among men, against which whosoever is mad enough to strive, dishonours not man, but God, and Christ Jesus, the First-born, and the only High Priest, by nature, of the Father. Let all things therefore be done by you with good order in Christ. It is absurd to profess[12] Christ Jesus, and to Judaize. "(1) And the Father, who always hears Him,(2) answered and said, "Arise, O God, and judge the earth; for Thou shall receive all the heathen for Thine inheritance. IX, REFERENCE TO THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. Now, as to Philo the deacon, of Cilicia, a man of reputation, who still ministers to me in the word of God, along with Rheus Agathopus, an elect man, who has followed me from Syria, not regarding(4) his life, these bear witness in your behalf; and I myself give thanks to God for you, that ye have received them, even as the Lord you. For when ye are desirous to do well, God is also ready to assist you. Suffer me to obtain pure light: when I have gone thither, I shall indeed be a man of God. Fare ye well in the harmony of God, ye who have obtained the inseparable Spirit, who is Jesus Christ. "[15] But let every one of you keep the Sabbath after a spiritual manner, rejoicing in meditation on the law, not in relaxation of the body, admiring the workmanship of God, and not eating things prepared the day before, nor using lukewarm drinks, and walking within a prescribed space, nor finding delight in dancing and plaudits which have no sense in them. For what is the bishop but one who beyond all others possesses all power and authority, so far as it is possible for a man to possess it, who according to his ability has been made an imitator of the Christ Of God? Knowing as I do that ye are full of all good, I have but briefly exhorted you in the love of Jesus Christ. If any one walks according to a strange(5) opinion, he agrees not with the passion [of Christ.]. Knowing as I do that ye are full of God, I have but briefly exhorted you. For our God, Jesus Christ, was, according to the appointment(3) of God, conceived in the womb by Mary, of the seed of David, but by the Holy Ghost. Let them not wish to be set free [from slavery] at the public expense, that they be not found slaves to their own desires. Weigh carefully the times. For, "Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and thy neighbour as thyself. Let nothing be done without thy consent; neither do thou anything without the approval of God, which indeed thou dost not, inasmuch as thou art stedfast. BY DEATH I SHALL ATTAIN TRUE LIFE. (6) Be in all things "wise as a serpent, and harmless always as a dove. Fare ye well in the Lord Jesus Christ, while ye continue subject to the bishop, and in like manner to the presbyters and to the deacons. Ignatius of Antioch, also known as Ignatius Theophorus or Ignatius Nurono, was an early Christian writer and bishop of Antioch. For whosoever is called by any other name besides this, he is not of God; for he has not received the prophecy which speaks thus concerning us: "The people shall be called by a new name, which the Lord shall name them, and shall be a holy people. To the Romans contains Ignatius’ most detailed explanation of … Fare ye well in harmony, ye who have obtained the inseparable Spirit, in Christ Jesus, by the will of God. (7) A star shone forth in heaven above all the other stars, the light of Which was inexpressible, while its novelty struck men with astonishment. I no longer wish to live after the manner of men, and my desire shall be fulfilled if ye consent. For the divinest prophets lived according to Christ Jesus. Let your assembling together be of frequent(9) occurrence: seek after all by name. In like manner was Abeddadan(18) beheaded for the same reason. Let all things, then, abound to you through grace, for ye are worthy. [7] For whosoever is called by any other name besides this, is not of God. Be not deceived with strange doctrines, "nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies,"[3] and things in which the Jews make their boast. At Amsterdam, two years afterwards, Vossius printed six of them, in their ancient and pure Greek; and the seventh greatly amended from the ancient Latin version, was printed at Paris, by Rui… There is one Jesus Christ, than whom nothing is more excellent. And thus was He, with the flesh, received up in their sight unto Him that sent Him, being with that same flesh to come again, accompanied by glory and power. I glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who by Him has given you such wisdom. (6) In like manner, Jeremiah also received this message from God, "Say not, I am a child. "(13) Where is the boasting of those who are called mighty? Give thyself to prayer without ceasing. Collection of works known to be preferred to the will of God. 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