Ignatius to the Trallians

Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer of Antioch · c. 107 AD

Apostolic Fathers, tr. J. B. Lightfoot, Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828–1889), based on his three-volume critical edition (1885–1890); collected by CCEL.

Disciple of the Apostle John and bishop of Antioch; wrote seven epistles while being escorted to martyrdom in Rome; the first explicit witness to the threefold ministry of bishop, presbyters, and deacons and to the Eucharistic theology of the early Church.

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1. IgnTrall. Prologue
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