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To the Romans 7.3

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

Summary: Ignatius longs for the bread of God, Christ's flesh, and the drink of his blood.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:234–236

οὐχ ἥδομαι τροφῇ φθορᾶς οὐδὲ ἡδοναῖς τοῦ βίου τούτου. ἄρτον θεοῦ θέλω, ὅ ἐστιν σὰρξ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ ἐκ σπέρματος Δαυείδ, καὶ πόμα θέλω τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν ἀγάπη ἄφθαρτος.

English · Claude translation

I take no pleasure in perishable food or in the pleasures of this life. I want the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, who was of the seed of David; and for drink I want his blood, which is incorruptible love.

About this passage

Source
Lake, LCL 24:234–236 · 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
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PG 5:693b (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
Eucharist, Christology, Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

  • The language of the Eucharist, used here of union with Christ through martyrdom.

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Ign. Rom. 7.3 (PG 5:693b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/7/3/).

Plain text
Ign. Rom. 7.3 (PG 5:693b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/7/3/).

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