To the Philadelphians 8.1

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

Summary: God forgives those who repent and return to the church's unity.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:246

Ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν τὸ ἴδιον ἐποίουν ὡς ἄνθρωπος εἰς ἕνωσιν κατηρτισμένος. οὗ δὲ μερισμός ἐστιν καὶ ὀργή, θεὸς οὐ κατοικεῖ. πᾶσιν οὖν μετανοοῦσιν ἀφίει ὁ κύριος, ἐὰν μετανοήσωσιν εἰς ἑνότητα θεοῦ καὶ συνέδριον τοῦ ἐπισκόπου. πιστεύω τῇ χάριτι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς λύσει ἀφʼ ὑμῶν πάντα δεσμόν.

English · Claude translation

So I was doing my part, as a man set on unity. But where there is division and anger, God does not dwell. The Lord forgives all who repent, if they repent and return to the unity of God and the council of the bishop. I trust in the grace of Jesus Christ, who will free you from every bond.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:246 · 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 5:704a (found by text match)
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.
Topics: Church office

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Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): ὀργή. θεὸς → ὀργή, θεὸς.

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Ign. Phld. 8.1 (PG 5:704a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/8/1/).

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Ign. Phld. 8.1 (PG 5:704a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-philadelphians/8/1/).

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