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Maria to Ignatius

Maria

Chapter 1

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Author: Maria

Chapter I.—Occasion of the epistle.

Since Christ has, to our wonder, been made known among us to

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be

the

Son

of

the

living

God

,

and

to

have

become

man

in

these

last

times

by

means

of

the

Virgin

Mary

,

of

the

seed

of

David

and

Abraham

,

according

to

the

announcements

previously

made

regarding

Him

and

through

Him

by

the

company

of

the

prophets

,

we

therefore

beseech

and

entreat

that

,

by

thy

wisdom

,

Maris

our

friend

,

bishop

of

our

native

Neapolis

,

which

is

near

Zarbus

,

and

Eulogius

,

and

Sobelus

the

presbyter

,

be

sent

to

us

,

that

we

be

not

destitute

of

such

as

preside

over

the

divine

word

as

Moses

also

says

,

“

Let

the

Lord

God

look

out

a

man

who

shall

guide

this

people

,

and

the

congregation

of

the

Lord

shall

not

be

as

sheep

which

have

no

shepherd

.

”

Notes

3
Or, “wonderfully.”
4
The ms. has, “and.”
5
The ms. has ᾽Ημελάπης, which Vossius and others deem a mistake for ἡμεδαπῆς, as translated above.
6
The same as Azarbus (comp. Epist. to Hero, chap. ix.).
7
Num. xxvii. 16, 17.