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To the Trallians
St Ignatius of Antioch, Lake, Loeb 1912
Chapter 7
The need of remaining loyal to the bishop
Beware therefore of such men; and this will be possible for you, if you are not puffed up, and are inseparable from God, from Jesus Christ1 and from the bishop and the ordinances of the Apostles.
He who is within the sanctuary is pure, but he who is without the sanctuary is not pure; that is to say whoever does anything apart from the bishop and the presbytery and the deacons is not pure in his conscience.
Notes
- Or possibly “from our God Jesus Christ.”