# Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.] 4.7-8

Ignatius of Antioch, Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.], 4.7 to 4.8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ignatius-of-antioch/epistulae-interpolatae-et-epistulae-suppositiciae-recensio-longior-sp/4.7

7. οἱ ἄρχοντες πειθαρχείτωσαν τῷ καίσαρι, οἱ στρατιῶται τοῖς ἄρχουσιν· οἱ διάκονοι τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις ὡς ἱερεῦσιν, οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ οἱ διάκονοι καὶ ὁ λοιπὸς κλῆρος ἅμα παντὶ τῷ λαῷ καὶ τοῖς στρατιώταις καὶ τοῖς ἄρχουσι καὶ τῷ καίσαρι τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ, ὁ ἐπίσκοπος τῷ Χριστῷ, ὡς ὁ Χριστὸς τῷ πατρί· καὶ οὕτως ἡ ἑνότης διὰ πάντων σώζεται. 8. ἔστωσαν δὲ καὶ αἱ χήραι μὴ ῥεμβοί, μὴ λίχνοι, μὴ περιτροχάδες, ἀλλ’ ὡς Ἰουδὶθ ἡ σεμνοτάτῃ, ὡς ἡ Ἄννα ἡ σωφρονεστάτη. ταῦτα οὐχ ὡς ἀπόστολος διατάσσομαι (τίς γάρ εἰμι ἐγώ, ἢ τίς ὁ οἶκος τοῦ πατρός μου, ἵνα ἰσότιμον ἑαυτὸν ἐκείνων εἴπω;), ἀλλ’ ὡς συστρατιώτης ὑμῶν ὑποφωνητοῦ τάξιν ἐπέχων.

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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/.