To the Smyrnaeans 5.3

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

Summary: Ignatius will not name the false teachers until they repent.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:256–258

τὰ δὲ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν, ὄντα ἄπιστα, οὐκ ἔδοξέν μοι ἐγγράψαι. ἀλλὰ μηδὲ γένοιτό μοι αὐτῶν μνημονεύειν, μέχρις οὗ μετανοήσωσιν εἰς τὸ πάθος, ὅ ἐστιν ἡμῶν ἀνάστασις.

English · Claude translation

Their names, since they are unbelievers, I have not thought fit to write down. Indeed, may I not even remember them until they repent concerning the Passion, which is our resurrection.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:256–258 · 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 5:712a–712b (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: Heresy

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Ign. Smyrn. 5.3 (PG 5:712a–712b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-smyrnaeans/5/3/).

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Ign. Smyrn. 5.3 (PG 5:712a–712b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-smyrnaeans/5/3/).

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