{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“Honour widows that are widows indeed.”<a id=\"r1914\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1914\"><sup>[1914]</sup></a> Be the friend\r\nof orphans; for God is “the father of the fatherless, and\r\nthe judge of the widows.”<a id=\"r1915\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1915\"><sup>[1915]</sup></a> Do nothing without the bishops;\r\nfor they are priests, and thou a servant of the priests. They\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_469\">469</span>baptize, offer sacrifice,<a id=\"r1916\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1916\"><sup>[1916]</sup></a> ordain, and lay on hands; but thou\r\nministerest to them, as the holy Stephen did at Jerusalem to\r\nJames and the presbyters. Do not neglect the sacred meetings<a id=\"r1917\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1917\"><sup>[1917]</sup></a>\r\n[of the saints]; inquire after every one by name. “Let\r\nno man despise thy youth, but be thou an example to the\r\nbelievers, both in word and conduct.”<a id=\"r1918\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1918\"><sup>[1918]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","APPENDIX. THE SPURIOUS EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS.","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO HERO, A DEACON OF ANTIOCH.","Chap. iii.—Exhortations as to ecclesiastical duties."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-832"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"076203be4f0c4f8054fdaa47696405e404a79811c325940945f11f660f6ba8ae","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"ROM","chapter":15,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Rom. xv. 16","verse":16,"verse_end":16}],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1916","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":"f1916","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1916\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1916\">1916</a>. </span>The term ἱερουργέω, which we have translated as above, is one whose\r\nsignification is disputed. It occurs once in the New Testament (<abbr title=\"Romans\">Rom.</abbr>\n<abbr title=\"fifteen\">xv.</abbr> 16), where it is translated in our English version simply “ministering.”\r\nEtymologically, it means “to act as a priest,” and we have in\r\nour translation followed Hesychius (Cent. <abbr title=\"four\">iv.</abbr>), who explains it as meaning\r\n“to offer sacrifice.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1916","text_sha256":"4bf0bcd346586e55194b16428086d8a3fda96d80d7593a5de263ffa384b24f6f","verified":false,"work_id":null}