# Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.] 8.2-4

Ignatius of Antioch, Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.], ΠΡΟΣ ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΥΣ., Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ignatius-of-antioch/epistulae-interpolatae-et-epistulae-suppositiciae-recensio-longior-sp/8.2-4

2. ὅπου ἂν φανῇ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος, ἐκεῖ τὸ πλῆθος ἔστω, ὥσπερ ὅπου ὁ Χριστὸς. πᾶσα ἡ οὐράνιος στρατιὰ παρέστηκεν ὡς ἀρχιστρατήγῳ τῆς δυνάμεως κυρίου καὶ διανομεῖ πάσης νοητῆς φύσεως. οὐκ ἐξόν ἐστιν χωρὶς τοῦ ἐπισκόπου οὔτε βαπτίζειν οὔτε προσφέρειν οὔτε θυσίαν προσκομίζειν οὔτε δοχὴν ἐπιτελεῖν, ἀλλ’ ὃ ἂν ἐκείνῳ δοκῇ κατ’ εὐαρέστησιν θεοῦ, ἵνα ἀσφαλὲς ᾖ καὶ βέβαιον πᾶν, ὃ πράσσεται.

---

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/.