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Ignatius: To the Magnesians

J. B. Lightfoot · Translated text

IgnMagn. 4

It is therefore meet that we not only be called Christians, but also be such; even as some persons have the bishop's name on their lips, but in everything act apart from him. Such men appear to me not to keep a good conscience, for as much as they do not assemble themselves together lawfully according to commandment.

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