{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">See that ye all follow the bishop,\r\neven as Christ Jesus does the\r\nFather, and the presbytery as ye\r\nwould the apostles. Do ye also\r\nreverence the deacons, as those\r\nthat carry out [through their office]\r\nthe appointment of God. Let no\r\nman do anything connected with\r\nthe church without the bishop.\r\nLet that be deemed a proper<a id=\"r1286\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1286\"><sup>[1286]</sup></a>\r\nEucharist, which is [administered]\r\neither by the bishop, or by one to\r\nwhom he has entrusted it. Wherever\r\nthe bishop shall appear, there\r\nlet the multitude [of the people]\r\nalso be; even as where Christ is,\r\nthere does all the heavenly host\r\nstand by, waiting upon Him as the\r\nChief Captain of the Lord’s might,\r\nand the Governor of every intelligent\r\nnature. It is not lawful\r\nwithout the bishop either to baptize,\r\nor to offer, or to present sacrifice,\r\nor to celebrate a love-feast.<a id=\"r1287\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1287\"><sup>[1287]</sup></a>\r\nBut that which seems good to him,\r\nis also well-pleasing to God, that\r\neverything ye do may be secure\r\nand valid.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS. (SHORTER AND LONGER.)","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE SMYRNÆANS.","Chap. viii.—Let nothing be done without the bishop."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-534"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"6638413a8a6dbc11b6bde5d4652a3dc0f34cf5b71ad72f1fb3a9bc267641dff3","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1286","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1286","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1286\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1286\">1286</a>. </span>Or, “firm.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1286","text_sha256":"a8db11fffa8a5df2e0fc10a4f7be514b537d94014a77995f955b6c896dd149dd","verified":false,"work_id":null}