# To the Trallians 6.1

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Trallians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/) (*Ad Trallianos*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:216–218; 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 5:680a (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/6/1/

Summary: Feed only on Christian teaching and avoid heresy.

## Greek text

Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, οὐκ ἐγώ, ἀλλʼ ἡ ἀγάπη Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· μόνῃ τῇ χριστιανῇ τροφῇ χρῆσθε, ἀλλοτρίας δὲ βοτάνης ἀπέχεσθε, ἥτις ἐστὶν αἵρεσις·

## English translation (Claude)

I urge you, then (not I, but the love of Jesus Christ): use only Christian food, and keep away from a foreign plant, which is heresy.

## Citation (SBL)

Ign. Trall. 6.1 (PG 5:680a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/6/1/).