Sophia Scriptura

To the Magnesians 10.3

Ignatius of Antioch · To the Magnesians · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · Smyrna · Read in context

Summary: It is absurd to confess Christ and live as a Jew; Judaism has found its fulfillment in Christianity.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:206–208

ἄτοπόν ἐστιν, Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν λαλεῖν καὶ ἰουδαΐζειν. ὁ γὰρ Χριστιανισμὸς οὐκ εἰς Ἰουδαϊσμὸν ἐπίστευσεν, ἀλλʼ Ἰουδαϊσμὸς εἰς Χριστιανισμόν, ᾧ πᾶσα γλῶσσα πιστεύσασα εἰς θεὸν συνήχθη.

English · Claude translation

It is absurd to speak of Jesus Christ and to practice Judaism. For Christianity did not believe in Judaism, but Judaism in Christianity, into which every tongue that has believed in God has been gathered.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:206–208 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 172–277 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
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Heresy

Notes

Translation notes

  • “Practice Judaism” (ἰουδαΐζειν): to adopt Jewish customs (compare Gal 2:14).

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing diaeresis)): εἰς Ἰουδαῖσμὸν → εἰς Ἰουδαϊσμὸν.

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Ign. Magn. 10.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/10/3/).

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Ign. Magn. 10.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/10/3/).

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