Ignatius

Ignatius

Ἰγνάτιος τῆς ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ ἐκκλησίας ἐπίσκοπος, διωγμὸν κινήσαντος Τραϊανοῦ, θηριομαχῆσαι κελευσθεὶς εἰς Ῥώμην στέλλεται δέσμιος. πλέων δὲ καὶ ἐπιστὰς τῇ Σμύρνῃ ἐν ᾗ Πολύκαρπος ἀκροατὴς Ἰωάννου ἐπίσκοπος ἦν, ἔγραψε πρὸς Ἐφεσίους ἐπιστολὴν μίαν, ἄλλην πρὸς Μαγνησιανοὺς, τρίτην πρὸς Τραλλιανοὺς, τετάρτην πρὸς Ῥωμαίους. κᾀκεῖθεν ἐξιὼν, ἔγραψε Φιλαδελφεῦσι, καὶ Σμυρναίοις, καὶ ἰδικῶς πρὸς Πολύκαρπον, παρατιθέμενος αὐτῷ τὴν ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ ἐκκλησίαν, κτλ.

Ἔπαθε δεκάτῳ ἔτει Τραϊανοῦ.


Ignatius Antiochenae ecclesiae episcopus, persecutionem commovente Trajano, damnatus ad bestias, Romam vinctus mittitur. cumque navigans Smyrnam venisset, ubi Polycarpus, auditor Joannis, episcopus erat, scripsit unam epistolam ad Ephesios, alteram ad Magnesianos, tertiam ad Trallenses, quartam ad Romanos, et inde egrediens scripsit ad Philadelpheos, et ad Smyrnaeos; et proprie ad Polycarpum, commendans illi Antiochensem ecclesiam, etc.

Passus est anno undecimo Trajani.

 

Hieronymus Stridonensis

Epistulae vii genuinae

Corpus Ignatianum: a complete collection of the Ignatian Epistles, genuine, interpolated, and spurious; together with numerous extracts from them, as quoted by ecclesiastical writers down to the Tenth Century; in Syriac, Greek, and Latin; an English translation of the Syriac text, copious notes, and introduction, by William Cureton. London: Rivingtons, 1849.

Vindiciae Ignatianae, or The Genuine Writings of St. Ignatius, as exhibited in the antient Syriac version, vindicated from the charge of heresy. By William Cureton. London: Rivingtons, 1846.

Vindiciae Epistolarum S. Ignatii. By Joanne Pearson. 2 vols. Oxford: Parker, 1852.

Epistolae Sanctorum Patrum Apostolicorum Clementis, Ignatii, et Polycarpi, atque duorum posteriorum Martyria. Omnia Graece et Latine cum variorum annotationibus et praefatione Ioh. Ludovici Frey. Basel: Conradia Mechel Vidvam, 1742.

The Apostolic Fathers. With an English Translation by K. Lake. 2 vols. // Loeb Classical Library. London: Heinemann, 1965.