# To the Trallians 7.2

- 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 24:218; 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 (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-trallians/7/2/

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

## Greek text

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 translation (Claude)

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.

## Translation notes

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

## Citation (SBL)

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