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Die sieben Briefe des Ignatius von Antiochien (BKV)

Ignatius an die Philadelphier

S. 142 Ignatius, der auch Theophorus (genannt wird), an die Kirche Gottes des Vaters und des Herrn Jesu Christi, die in Philadelphia in Asien sich befindet, begnadigt und gefestigt in Eintracht mit Gott, die ohne Aufhören frohlockt im Leiden unseres Herrn und die in seiner Auferstehung vollendet ist in jeglicher Barmherzigkeit, die ich grüße im Blute Jesu Christi, die meine ewige und bleibende Freude ist, besonders wenn sie eins ist mit ihrem Bischof und seinen Presbytern und den nach Jesu Christi Willen eingesetzten Diakonen, die er nach seinem eigenen Willen in Festigkeit gestärkt hat durch seinen Heiligen Geist.

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Epistles of Ignatius

The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians Shorter and Longer Versions

Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the Church of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, which is at Philadelphia, in Asia, which has obtained mercy, and is established in the harmony of God, and rejoiceth unceasingly ¹ in the passion of our Lord, and is filled with all mercy through his resurrection; which I salute in the blood of Jesus Christ, who is our eternal and enduring joy, especially if [men] are in unity with the bishop, the presbyters, and the deacons, who have been appointed according to the mind of Jesus Christ, whom He has established in security, after His own will, and by His Holy Spirit.

Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the Church of God the Father, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is at Philadelphia, which has obtained mercy through love, and is established in the harmony of God, and rejoiceth unceasingly, ² in the passion of our Lord Jesus, and is filled with all mercy through His resurrection; which I salute in the blood of Jesus Christ, who is our eternal and enduring joy, especially to those who are in unity with the bishop, and the presbyters, and the deacons, who have been appointed by the will of God the Father, through the Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to His own will, has firmly established His Church upon a rock, by a spiritual building, not made with hands, against which the winds and the floods have beaten, yet have not been able to overthrow it: ³ yea, and may spiritual wickedness never be able to do so, but be thoroughly weakened by the power of Jesus Christ our Lord.