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Letter of St. Ignatius to the Ephesians

Ignatius exhorts the church at Ephesus to unity, steadfast faith in Christ, and resistance to false teaching.

Author
Anonymous
Contents
21 chapters
Texts
Greek & English

About the text

About this work

This work is the Letter of St. Ignatius of Antioch to the Ephesians, one of the seven letters represented in the Middle Recension.

Historical context

The text is presented according to the seven-letter Middle Recension, using the Greek text represented by Kirsopp Lake’s 1912 edition and a corrected Open Apostolic Fathers digital transcription.

Contents

The letter commends the Ephesian church, urges unity with its bishop and presbyters, warns against false teaching, and reflects on the incarnation, Christian worship, and life in Christ.

Text & source details
Edition
Original Greek
Publication
Kirsopp Lake, The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1 (1912); corrected Open Apostolic Fathers digital transcription.
Rights
Open Apostolic Fathers digital transcription: CC BY-SA 4.0. Lake 1912 printed edition is public domain in the United States.
Edition
Voices of the Fathers Modern English
Translator
Voices of the Fathers
Edition
Kirsopp Lake (1912)
Translator
Kirsopp Lake
Publication
The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1912).
Rights
Public domain in the United States; jurisdiction-specific review may be required elsewhere.