To the Trallians 7.2

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

Summary: Acting apart from the bishop, presbyters, and deacons defiles the conscience.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:218

ὁ ἐντὸς θυσιαστηρίου ὢν καθαρός ἐστιν· ὁ δὲ ἐκτὸς θυσιαστηρίου ὢν οὐ καθαρός ἐστιν. τοῦτʼ ἔστιν, ὁ χωρὶς ἐπισκόπου καὶ πρεσβυτερίου καὶ διακόνων πράσσων τι, οὗτος οὐ καθαρός ἐστιν τῇ συνειδήσει.

English · Claude translation

Whoever is within the sanctuary is pure; but whoever is outside the sanctuary is not pure. That is, whoever does anything without the bishop and the council of presbyters and the deacons is not pure in conscience.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:218 · 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 5:680b–681a (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: Church office

Notes

Translation notes

“Sanctuary” (θυσιαστηρίου): see the note on Ign. Eph. 5.2.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): θυσιαστηρίου ὤν οὐ → θυσιαστηρίου ὢν οὐ.

Cite this passage

Ign. Trall. 7.2 (PG 5:680b–681a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/7/2/).

Plain text

Ign. Trall. 7.2 (PG 5:680b–681a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/7/2/).

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