# Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.] 9.2-2

Ignatius of Antioch, Epistulae interpolatae et epistulae suppositiciae (recensio longior) [Sp.], ΠΡΟΣ ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΥΣ., Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ignatius-of-antioch/epistulae-interpolatae-et-epistulae-suppositiciae-recensio-longior-sp/9.2-2

2. τίμα, φησίν, υἱὲ τὸν θεὸν καὶ βασιλέα. ἐγὼ δέ φημι· τίμα μὲν τὸν θεὸν ὡς αἴτιον τῶν ὅλων καὶ κύριον, ἐπίσκοπον δὲ ὡς ἀρχιερέα, θεοῦ εἰκόνα φοροῦντα κατὰ μὲν τὸ ἄρχειν θεοῦ, κατὰ δὲ τὸ ἱερατεύειν Χριστοῦ. καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον τιμᾶν χρὴ καὶ βασιλέα· οὔτε γὰρ θεοῦ τις κρείττων ἢ παραπλήσιος ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς οὖσιν, οὔτε δὲ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐπισκόπου τις μείζων ἱερωμένου θεῷ ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου παντὸς σωτηρίας, οὔτε βασιλέως τις παραπλήσιος ἐν ἄρχουσιν, εἰρήνην καὶ εὐνομίαν τοῖς ἀρχομένοις πρυτανεύοντος.

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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/.