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  1     | about
  2     | above
  3 IV  |              son of David, the son of Abraham."And those very apostles,
  4 VII |              to you, these same, when absent, I now write to you. "If
  5 I   |             destruction of those that accept of them; but that ye give
  6 V   |            Christ to be a mere man is accursed, according to the [declaration
  7 VII |              after what manner I have acted among you. The things which,
  8 XI  |              Moral Duties.~Let no one addicted to idleness eat,lest he
  9 IX  |               let them not presume to address them by their names.Let
 10 V   |           antichrist.Moreover, he who affirms Christ to be a mere man
 11 XIII|                salutes you. Philo and Agathopus, the deacons, my companions,
 12     | alone
 13 VII |              Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema."Be ye followers of me.My
 14 III |            and His name is called the Angel of great counsel, Wonderful,
 15     | another
 16 V   |              am in bonds, this man is antichrist.Moreover, he who affirms
 17 VI  |           these are subtle wolves,and apes that mimic the appearance
 18 XI  |          these points as if I were an apostle; but, as your fellow-servant,
 19 VI  |               and apes that mimic the appearance of men.~
 20 VI  |             those scalydragons, those asps, and basilisks, and scorpions.
 21     | at
 22 X   |          anything, lest ye become the authors of incurable mischiefs to
 23 VI  |              of Christ, not that I am aware you hold any such opinions,
 24     | away
 25 VI  |              dragons, those asps, and basilisks, and scorpions. For these
 26 VII |           true-born children, and not bastards. Ye know after what manner
 27 XIV |                I salute him who is to bear rule over you in my stead:
 28     | became
 29 XIV |               was begotten before timebegan! And may I behold you in
 30 XIV |            flesh, through Him who was begotten before timebegan! And may
 31 III |               I am God, the first [of beings], and I am also the last,
 32 I   |         doctrine of the apostles, and believe both the law and the prophets:
 33 I   |              the prisoner of the Lord,beseech you, that ye walk worthy
 34     | besides
 35 XII |          Christ. I salute the virgins betrothed to Christ, of whom may I
 36     | between
 37 VIII|              and let them study to be blameless, that they may be the followers
 38 XI  |                reviling, clamour, and blasphemy "be not so much as named
 39 IV  |             among us."And again: "The book of the generation of Jesus
 40 XI  |          magic, or the impure love of boys, or murder, it is superfluous
 41 II  |             raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me."~~~~~~
 42 II  |           Sodom and Gomorrah fire and brimstone from the Lord."And again, "
 43 I   |             the wicked one which have broken in upon us, to the deceiving
 44 XI  |        against the word.Be subject to Caesar in everything in which subjection
 45 III |           forth a Son; and they shall call his name Immanuel."And concerning
 46 X   |             with me. For what in that case shall I do when the Lord
 47 XIII|       Salutations Continued.~I salute Cassian and his partner in life,
 48 X   |       declares, "I did not despisethe causeof my man-servant, or of
 49 IX  |          their names.Let them also be chaste, reckoning their husbands
 50 III |                a virgin shall be with Child, and shall bring forth a
 51 XI  |                anger, envy, reviling, clamour, and blasphemy "be not so
 52 XI  |              Gentiles. I do not issue commands on these points as if I
 53 XIII|        salutes you; and to him I have commended you in the Lord. The whole
 54 XIII|            Agathopus, the deacons, my companions, salute you, "Salute one
 55 IV  |           true God,"did not omit what concerned our Lord, but wrote: "In
 56 XIV |                          Chapter XIV.-Conclusion.~I write this letter to
 57 VII |         Exhortation to Consistency of Conduct.~Ye have been the disciples
 58 II  |            one God, did yet forthwith confess also our Lord when he said, "
 59 V   |           righteousness. He also that confesseth Christ, yet not as the Son
 60 XII |          labourers,the exorcists, the confessors.I salute the keepers of
 61 VIII|        virgins know to whom they have consecrated themselves.~
 62 VII |           Chapter VII.-Exhortation to Consistency of Conduct.~Ye have been
 63 X   |               maid-servant, when they contended with me. For what in that
 64 IV  |                           Chapter IV.-Continuation.~The Evangelists, too, when
 65 III |             called the Angel of great counsel, Wonderful, Counsellor,
 66 III |             great counsel, Wonderful, Counsellor, the strong and mighty God."
 67 IX  |              remembering that, at the creation, one woman, and not many,
 68 XIII|               Ephesians, salutes you. Damas,the bishop of Magnesia,
 69 XI  |     subjection implies no [spiritual] danger. Provoke not those that
 70 IV  |              Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham."And
 71 XII |        keepers of the holy gates, the deaconesses in Christ. I salute the
 72 I   |             broken in upon us, to the deceiving and destruction of those
 73 V   |           accursed, according to the [declaration of the] prophet,since he
 74 IV  |           Evangelists, too, when they declared that the one Father was "
 75 XIII|            worthy bishop, who is also deeply interested in you, salutes
 76 V   |                            Chapter V.-Denunciation of False Teachers.~Whosoever,
 77 I   |         multiplicity of gods, nor yet deny Christ under the pretence
 78 VII |              remembrance Euodias,your deservedly-blessed pastor, into whose hands
 79 X   |              who declares, "I did not despisethe causeof my man-servant,
 80 V   |              some other unknownbeing, different from Him whom the law and
 81 VIII|              the deacons know of what dignity they are, and let them study
 82 VII |             Conduct.~Ye have been the disciples of Paul and Peter; do not
 83 VII |            apostles. Let us not bring disgrace upon our Father. Let us
 84 V   |           only so as to take away the divinity of Christ, is a devil,and
 85     | does
 86 VI  |          shame."Beware of those "dumb dogs," those trailing serpents,
 87 XII |             readers, the singers, the doorkeepers, the labourers,the exorcists,
 88 VI  |         trailing serpents, those scalydragons, those asps, and basilisks,
 89 XI  |                and a whoremonger. Let drunkenness, anger, envy, reviling,
 90 IV  |        Scripture], "became flesh, and dwelt among us."And again: "The
 91 I   |           rendered my bonds light and easy since I learnt that you
 92 XI  |              one addicted to idleness eat,lest he become a wanderer
 93 Int |              mercy from God, and been elected by Christ, and which first
 94     | end
 95 VI  |              to work mischief, those "enemies of the cross of Christ,
 96 V   |             Christ, is a devil,and an enemy of all righteousness. He
 97 XIV |             God, and in Christ, being enlightened by the Holy Spirit.~
 98 VII |         government over you was first entrusted by the apostles. Let us
 99 XI  |               Let drunkenness, anger, envy, reviling, clamour, and
100 XIII|           Onesimus, the pastor of the Ephesians, salutes you. Damas,the
101 VII |            trust. Keep in remembrance Euodias,your deservedly-blessed
102 IV  |         Chapter IV.-Continuation.~The Evangelists, too, when they declared
103     | even
104     | every
105     | everything
106 VII |                          Chapter VII.-Exhortation to Consistency of Conduct.~
107 VIII|                         Chapter VIII.-Exhortations to the Presbyters and Others.~
108 XII |        doorkeepers, the labourers,the exorcists, the confessors.I salute
109 II  |            and Christ.~For Moses, the faithful servant of God, when he
110 V   |            Chapter V.-Denunciation of False Teachers.~Whosoever, therefore,
111 XIV |               joy of him in the Lord! Fare ye well in God, and in Christ,
112 VIII|               Others.~Ye presbyters, "feed the flock which is among
113 XI  |              an apostle; but, as your fellow-servant, I put you in mind of them.~
114 II  |               upon Sodom and Gomorrah fire and brimstone from the Lord."
115 VIII|              Ye presbyters, "feed the flock which is among you,"till
116 X   |      regarding me? "And you know what follows. Ye servants, do not provoke
117 XI  |             you, since such vices are forbidden to be committed even by
118 III |           with Child, and shall bring forth a Son; and they shall call
119 II  |             was only one God, did yet forthwith confess also our Lord when
120     | further
121 XII |               the keepers of the holy gates, the deaconesses in Christ.
122 IV  |             The man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself"for the life and
123 IV  |               again: "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son
124 I   |               reject every Jewish and Gentile error, and neither introduce
125 XI  |              be committed even by the Gentiles. I do not issue commands
126 VI  |             end is destruction, whose glory is in their shame."Beware
127 I   |           introduce a multiplicity of gods, nor yet deny Christ under
128 II  |            Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah fire and brimstone from
129 III |           name is called the Angel of great counsel, Wonderful, Counsellor,
130 XII |              from the smallest to the greatest, and all my sisters in the
131 VI  |            that I may put you on your guard, as a father does his children.
132 I   |              wherewith ye are called,"guarding against those heresies of
133 VII | deservedly-blessed pastor, into whose hands the government over you
134 Int |             the name Christ, [wishes] happiness in God the Father, and the
135 I   |           peace, that you live in all harmony both of the flesh and spirit. "
136 VI  |              therefore, of those that hasten to work mischief, those "
137 X   |              treat your servants with haughtiness, but imitate patient Job,
138 I   |             of them; but that ye give heed to the doctrine of the apostles,
139     | her
140 I   |                guarding against those heresies of the wicked one which
141     | Himself
142 XI  |                Let no one addicted to idleness eat,lest he become a wanderer
143 Int |                          Introduction~Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus,
144 II  |                               Chapter II.-The True Doctrine Respecting
145 III |                               Chapter III.-The Same Continued.~The
146 X   |        servants with haughtiness, but imitate patient Job, who declares, "
147 III |              they shall call his name Immanuel."And concerning the passion, "
148 IX  |              will of God. Ye parents, impart a holy training to your
149 XI  |        everything in which subjection implies no [spiritual] danger. Provoke
150 XI  |             practice of magic, or the impure love of boys, or murder,
151 XI  |                           Chapter XI.-Inculcation of Various Moral Duties.~
152 X   |              ye become the authors of incurable mischiefs to yourselves.~
153 III |       shearers is dumb, I also was an innocent lamb led to be sacrificed."~~~~~~
154 X   |             do when the Lord makes an inquisition regarding me? "And you know
155 V   |            proclaimed, this man is an instrument of the devil. And he that
156 XIII|            bishop, who is also deeply interested in you, salutes you; and
157     | into
158 I   |            Gentile error, and neither introduce a multiplicity of gods,
159 Int |                                       Introduction~Ignatius, who is also called
160 XI  |             by the Gentiles. I do not issue commands on these points
161 IV  |                               Chapter IV.-Continuation.~The Evangelists,
162 IX  |                               Chapter IX.-Duties of Husbands, Wives,
163 I   |        prophets: that ye reject every Jewish and Gentile error, and neither
164 X   |      haughtiness, but imitate patient Job, who declares, "I did not
165 XII |               confessors.I salute the keepers of the holy gates, the deaconesses
166 XIV |               may I behold you in the kingdom of Christ! I salute him
167 XIII|               one another with a holy kiss."~~~~~~
168 XII |         singers, the doorkeepers, the labourers,the exorcists, the confessors.
169     | last
170 I   |          bonds light and easy since I learnt that you are in peace, that
171 XIV |              Conclusion.~I write this letter to you from Philippi. May
172 I   |            Lord has rendered my bonds light and easy since I learnt
173 VII |             of Paul and Peter; do not lose what was committed to your
174 XI  |             But as to the practice of magic, or the impure love of boys,
175 XIII|              you. Damas,the bishop of Magnesia, salutes you. Polybius,
176 X   |              my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with
177 I   |         Christ under the pretence of [maintaining] the unity of God.~
178     | make
179 V   |             yet not as the Son of the Maker of the world, but of some
180     | makes
181 X   |             not despisethe causeof my man-servant, or of my maid-servant,
182 VII |          bastards. Ye know after what manner I have acted among you.
183     | many
184 IV  |               also that "there is one Mediator between God and men."Nor
185 Int |             Syria, which has obtained mercy from God, and been elected
186 V   |            who affirms Christ to be a mere man is accursed, according
187 III |            Counsellor, the strong and mighty God."And concerning His
188 VI  |           subtle wolves,and apes that mimic the appearance of men.~
189 XI  |          fellow-servant, I put you in mind of them.~
190 XIII|            the Smyrnaeans, indeed, is mindful of you in their prayers
191 VI  |             those that hasten to work mischief, those "enemies of the cross
192 X   |              the authors of incurable mischiefs to yourselves.~
193 XI  |                Inculcation of Various Moral Duties.~Let no one addicted
194     | Moreover
195     | much
196 I   |               and neither introduce a multiplicity of gods, nor yet deny Christ
197 XI  |               impure love of boys, or murder, it is superfluous to write
198 V   |             unfruitful, like the wild myrtle-tree.~
199 XI  |          blasphemy "be not so much as named among you."Let not the widows
200 IX  |              to address them by their names.Let them also be chaste,
201     | neither
202 VI  |           things I write to you, thou new olive-tree of Christ, not
203 Int |        sojourning in Syria, which has obtained mercy from God, and been
204 XI  |           wrath, that you may give no occasion against yourselves to those
205 XII |              through the Holy Spirit, occupying my place when I shall attain
206 VIII|             For "I am now ready to be offered,"that I "may win Christ."
207 VI  |              I write to you, thou new olive-tree of Christ, not that I am
208 IV  |            the only true God,"did not omit what concerned our Lord,
209 XIII|            their prayers in the Lord. Onesimus, the pastor of the Ephesians,
210 VI  |               aware you hold any such opinions, but that I may put you
211     | other
212     | Others
213     | ourselves
214     | own
215 XIII|              I salute Cassian and his partner in life, and their very
216 IX  |          their husbands as their only partners, to whom indeed they have
217 X   |              haughtiness, but imitate patient Job, who declares, "I did
218 VII |            have been the disciples of Paul and Peter; do not lose what
219 I   |              I learnt that you are in peace, that you live in all harmony
220 VII |             the disciples of Paul and Peter; do not lose what was committed
221 XIV |               this letter to you from Philippi. May He who is alone unbegotten,
222 XIII|               Trallians, salutes you. Philo and Agathopus, the deacons,
223 XI  |             the widows live a life of pleasure, lest they wax wanton against
224 XI  |               issue commands on these points as if I were an apostle;
225 XIII|             of Magnesia, salutes you. Polybius, bishop of the Trallians,
226 XIII|             their very dear children. Polycarp, that most worthy bishop,
227 XI  |            seek for it. But as to the practice of magic, or the impure
228 XIII|               mindful of you in their prayers in the Lord. Onesimus, the
229 XII |        Salutations.~I salute the holy presbytery. I salute the sacred deacons,
230 VII |                The things which, when present, I spoke to you, these same,
231 IX  |               flesh; and let them not presume to address them by their
232 I   |             yet deny Christ under the pretence of [maintaining] the unity
233 I   |             spirit. "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord,beseech you,
234 VII |               upon our Father. Let us prove ourselves His true-born
235 V   |              of the] prophet,since he puts not his trust in God, but
236 II  |               when he said, "The Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah
237 II  |              A prophet shall the Lord raise up unto you of your brethren,
238 XII |           salute the sub-deacons, the readers, the singers, the doorkeepers,
239 VIII|               over you. For "I am now ready to be offered,"that I "may
240 Int |             by Christ, and which firstreceived the name Christ, [wishes]
241 IX  |              Let them also be chaste, reckoning their husbands as their
242 X   |             Lord makes an inquisition regarding me? "And you know what follows.
243 I   |             and the prophets: that ye reject every Jewish and Gentile
244 V   |             of the devil. And he that rejects the incarnation, and is
245 VII |               when I attain to Jesus. Remember my bonds.~~~~~~
246 IX  |            husbands love their wives, remembering that, at the creation, one
247 VII |      committed to your trust. Keep in remembrance Euodias,your deservedly-blessed
248 I   |           Against Error.~The Lord has rendered my bonds light and easy
249 VI  |                           Chapter VI.-Renewed Cautions.~These things I
250 II  |         Chapter II.-The True Doctrine Respecting God and Christ.~For Moses,
251 XI  |             drunkenness, anger, envy, reviling, clamour, and blasphemy "
252 V   |             devil,and an enemy of all righteousness. He also that confesseth
253 XII |              presbytery. I salute the sacred deacons, and that person
254 III |               innocent lamb led to be sacrificed."~~~~~~
255 IV  |              Himself"for the life and salvation of the world.~
256 III |           Jesus Christ. "A Son," they say, has been given to us, on
257 III |             as in the person of God, [saying, ] "I am God, the first [
258 VI  |              trailing serpents, those scalydragons, those asps, and
259 VI  |              asps, and basilisks, and scorpions. For these are subtle wolves,
260 IV  |    incarnation: "The Word," says [the Scripture], "became flesh, and dwelt
261 XI  |              yourselves to those that seek for it. But as to the practice
262 VI  |            dumb dogs," those trailing serpents, those scalydragons, those
263 II  |               For Moses, the faithful servant of God, when he said, "The
264 VI  |               whose glory is in their shame."Beware of those "dumb dogs,"
265 III |              and as a lamb before her shearers is dumb, I also was an innocent
266 III |             passion, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as
267 III |            been given to us, on whose shoulder the government is from above;
268 VIII|             among you,"till God shall show who is to hold the rule
269 II  |             was to be made man [Moses shows when] he says, "A prophet
270 XII |         sub-deacons, the readers, the singers, the doorkeepers, the labourers,
271 XII |              the greatest, and all my sisters in the Lord.~
272 III |             was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before her
273 XII |          people of the Lord, from the smallest to the greatest, and all
274 XIII|               The whole Church of the Smyrnaeans, indeed, is mindful of you
275 II  |           said, "The Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah fire and brimstone
276 Int |             Theophorus, to the Church sojourning in Syria, which has obtained
277     | some
278 XI  |          which subjection implies no [spiritual] danger. Provoke not those
279 VII |         things which, when present, I spoke to you, these same, when
280 XIV |              bear rule over you in my stead: may I have joy of him in
281 XIV |            alone unbegotten, keep you stedfast both in the spirit and in
282 III |            Wonderful, Counsellor, the strong and mighty God."And concerning
283 VIII|        dignity they are, and let them study to be blameless, that they
284 XII |            place of his. I salute the sub-deacons, the readers, the singers,
285 XI  |         Caesar in everything in which subjection implies no [spiritual] danger.
286 VI  |              scorpions. For these are subtle wolves,and apes that mimic
287 XI  |             of boys, or murder, it is superfluous to write to you, since such
288 Int |              the Church sojourning in Syria, which has obtained mercy
289 V   |            but one God, only so as to take away the divinity of Christ,
290 V   |              V.-Denunciation of False Teachers.~Whosoever, therefore, declares
291     | themselves
292 Int |          Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the Church sojourning
293     | thou
294     | thus
295     | thy
296 VIII|             flock which is among you,"till God shall show who is to
297 XIV |               who was begotten before timebegan! And may I behold you
298     | too
299 VI  |              those "dumb dogs," those trailing serpents, those scalydragons,
300 IX  |             Ye parents, impart a holy training to your children. Ye children, "
301 XIII|               Polybius, bishop of the Trallians, salutes you. Philo and
302 X   |          Servants.~Ye masters, do not treat your servants with haughtiness,
303 VII |            Let us prove ourselves His true-born children, and not bastards.
304 XIV |         Philippi. May He who is alone unbegotten, keep you stedfast both
305     | under
306 V   |             man. Wherefore also he is unfruitful, like the wild myrtle-tree.~
307 IX  |            whom indeed they have been united according to the will of
308 I   |         pretence of [maintaining] the unity of God.~
309 III |          concerning the Father of the universe, do also speak of our Lord
310 V   |              world, but of some other unknownbeing, different from Him
311     | up
312 V   |                               Chapter V.-Denunciation of False Teachers.~
313 XI  |            Chapter XI.-Inculcation of Various Moral Duties.~Let no one
314 VI  |                               Chapter VI.-Renewed Cautions.~These
315 XI  |              write to you, since such vices are forbidden to be committed
316 VII |                               Chapter VII.-Exhortation to Consistency
317 VIII|                               Chapter VIII.-Exhortations to the Presbyters
318 III |               incarnation, "Behold, a virgin shall be with Child, and
319 I   |            that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,"
320 I   |             Lord,beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith
321 XI  |         idleness eat,lest he become a wanderer about, and a whoremonger.
322 XI  |               pleasure, lest they wax wanton against the word.Be subject
323 XI  |           life of pleasure, lest they wax wanton against the word.
324 V   |             trust in God, but in man. Wherefore also he is unfruitful, like
325 I   |           walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,"guarding
326     | whole
327 XI  |               a wanderer about, and a whoremonger. Let drunkenness, anger,
328 V   |       Denunciation of False Teachers.~Whosoever, therefore, declares that
329 I   |         against those heresies of the wicked one which have broken in
330 XI  |          named among you."Let not the widows live a life of pleasure,
331 V   |               is unfruitful, like the wild myrtle-tree.~
332     | will
333 VIII|               be offered,"that I "may win Christ."Let the deacons
334 Int |            received the name Christ, [wishes] happiness in God the Father,
335     | without
336 VI  |       scorpions. For these are subtle wolves,and apes that mimic the
337 IX  |            that, at the creation, one woman, and not many, was given
338 III |               Angel of great counsel, Wonderful, Counsellor, the strong
339 VI  |               of those that hasten to work mischief, those "enemies
340 XI  |           those that rule over you to wrath, that you may give no occasion
341 IV  |               concerned our Lord, but wrote: "In the beginning was the
342 X   |                               Chapter X.-Duties of Masters and Servants.~
343 XI  |                               Chapter XI.-Inculcation of Various
344 XII |                               Chapter XII.-Salutations.~I salute the
345 XIII|                               Chapter XIII.-Salutations Continued.~
346 XIV |                               Chapter XIV.-Conclusion.~I write this
347     | yours