6, 1
“Take care to do all things in harmony with God, with the bishop presiding in the
place of God and with the presbyters in the place of the council of the Apostles,
and with the deacons, who are most dear to me, entrusted with the business of
Jesus Christ.”
9, 1
“If, then, those who walked in ancient customs came to a new hope, no longer
sabbathing but living by the Lord’s Day, on which we came to life through Him
and through His death.”
Letter to the Trallians (C. 110 AD):
2, 2
“It is necessary, therefore, – and such is your practice – that you do nothing
without the bishop, and that you be subject also to the presbytery, as to the
Apostles of Jesus Christ our hope, in whom we shall be found, if we live in Him. It
is necessary also that the deacons, the dispensers of the mysteries of Jesus Christ,
be in every way pleasing to all men. For they are not the deacons of food and
drink, but servants of the Church of God...”
3, 1
“In like manner let everyone respect the deacons as they would respect Jesus
Christ, and just as they respect the bishop as a type of the Father, and the
presbyters as the council of God and college of Apostles. Without these, it cannot
be called a Church...”
Letter to the Romans (C. 110 AD):
Address
“Ignatius, also called Theophorus, to the Church that has found mercy in the
greatness of the Most High Father and in Jesus Christ, His only Son: to the Church
beloved and enlightened after the love of Jesus Christ, our God, by the will of Him
that has willed everything which is: to the Church also which holds the presidency
in the place of the country of the Romans...To those who are united in flesh and in
spirit by every commandment of His, who are filled with the grace of God without
wavering, and who are filtered clear of every foreign stain, I wish an alloyed joy in
Jesus Christ, our God.”
4, 1
“I am writing to all the Churches and I enjoin all, that I am dying willingly for
God’s sake, if only you do not prevent it. I beg of you, do not do me an untimely
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