# To the Magnesians 7.2

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Magnesians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/) (*Ad Magnesios*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:202–204; 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)
- Also in: PG 5:668c (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/7/2/

Summary: Gather as to one temple and one altar, to the one Christ who came from the one Father.

## Greek text

πάντες ὡς εἰς ἕνα ναὸν συντρέχετε θεοῦ, ὡς ἐπὶ ἓν θυσιαστήριον, ἐπὶ ἕνα Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν ἀφʼ ἑνὸς πατρὸς προελθόντα καὶ εἰς ἕνα ὄντα καὶ χωρήσαντα.

## English translation (Claude)

All of you, run together as to one temple of God, as to one altar, to one Jesus Christ, who came forth from the one Father, and is with the One, and has returned to him.

## Scripture references

- John 16:28: allusion, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Ign. Magn. 7.2 (PG 5:668c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/7/2/).