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To the Trallians 1.2

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

Summary: Ignatius praises God for the Trallians' goodwill.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:212

ἀποδεξάμενος οὖν τὴν κατὰ θεὸν εὔνοιαν διʼ αὐτοῦ ἐδόξασα, εὑρὼν ὑμᾶς, ὡς ἔγνων, μιμητὰς ὄντας θεοῦ.

English · Claude translation

Having received, then, through him your godly goodwill, I gave glory, finding you, as I had learned, to be imitators of God.

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Lake, LCL 24:212 · 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 5:676a–676b (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.
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Ign. Trall. 1.2 (PG 5:676a–676b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/1/2/).

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Ign. Trall. 1.2 (PG 5:676a–676b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/1/2/).

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