Ignatius to the Polycarp
Ignatius of Antioch
Chapter 6
About this work
A personal pastoral letter advising Polycarp on leadership, endurance, care for different members of the church, resistance to false teaching, and practical preparation for a Christian delegation.
- Author
- Ignatius of Antioch
- Date
- c. AD 105–115
- Origin
- Asia Minor
- Genre
- Letter
This taxonomy follows the commonly accepted middle-recension collection of seven Ignatian letters.
Chapter VI.—The duties of the Christian flock.
Give ye heed to the bishop, that God also may