# Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.] 3-7

Ignatius of Antioch, Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.], ΠΡΟΣ ΗΡΩΝΑ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΝ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΙΑΣ., Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ignatius-of-antioch/epistulae-interpolatae-et-epistulae-suppositiciae-recensio-longior-sp/3-7

III. Χήρας τίμα, τὰς ὄντως χήρας. ὀρφανῶν προΐστασο· ὁ θεὸς γάρ ἐστιν πατὴρ τῶν ὀρφανῶν καὶ κριτὴς τῶν χηρῶν. 2. μηδὲν ἄνευ τῶν ἐπισκόπων πρᾶττε· ἱερεῖς γάρ εἰσιν, σὺ δὲ διάκονος τῶν ἱερέων. ἐκεῖνοι βαπτίζουσιν, ἱερουργοῦσιν, χειροτονοῦσιν, χειροθετοῦσιν· σὺ δὲ αὐτοῖς διακόνει, ὡς Στέφανος ὁ ἅγιος ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις Ἰακώβῳ καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις. 3. τῶν συνάξεων μὴ ἀμέλει· ἐξ ὀνόματος πάντας ἐπιζήτει. μηδείς σου τῆς νεότητος καταφρονείτω, ἀλλὰ τύπος γίνου τῶν πιστῶν ἐν λόγῳ καὶ ἀναστροφῇ.

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Ignatius of Antioch, Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.], ed. Francis Xavier Funk, Francis Diekamp. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1443.tlg002.local001/.