# Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.] 7.4

Ignatius of Antioch, Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.], ΠΡΟΣ ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΟΥΣ., Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ignatius-of-antioch/epistulae-interpolatae-et-epistulae-suppositiciae-recensio-longior-sp/7.4

4. τί γάρ ἐστιν ἐπίσκοπος ἀλλ’ ἢ πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας ἐπέκεινα πάντων κρατῶν, ὡς οἷόν τε ἄνθρωπον κρατεῖν μιμητὴν γινόμενον κατὰ δύναμιν Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ; τί δὲ πρεσβυτέριον ἀλλ’ ἢ σύστημα ἱερόν, σύμβουλοι καὶ συνεδρευταὶ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου; τί δὲ διάκονοι ἀλλ’ ἢ μιμηταὶ Χριστοῦ, διακονοῦντες τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ ὡς Χριστὸς τῷ πατρὶ καὶ λειτουργοῦντες αὐτῷ λειτουργίαν καθαρὰν καὶ ἄμωμον, ὡς Στέφανος ὁ ἅγιος Ἰακώβῳ τῷ μακαρίῳ καὶ Τιμόθεος καὶ Λῑνος Παύλῳ καὶ Ἀνέγκλητος καὶ Κλήμης Πέτρῳ;

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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/.