Sophia Scriptura

To Polycarp 4.2

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

Summary: Polycarp should gather the church more often and know every member by name.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:272

πυκνότερον συναγωγαὶ γινέσθωσαν· ἐξ ὀνόματος πάντας ζήτει.

English · Claude translation

Let meetings be held more often. Seek out all by name.

About this passage

Source
Lake, LCL 24:272 · 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 5:721b (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.
Scripture
Topics
Church office

Notes

Translation notes

  • “Meetings” (συναγωγαί): gatherings of the church for worship; the word is the source of “synagogue.”

Cite this passage

Ign. Pol. 4.2 (PG 5:721b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-polycarp/4/2/).

Plain text
Ign. Pol. 4.2 (PG 5:721b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-polycarp/4/2/).

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