{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">For if I, in this brief space of\r\ntime, have enjoyed such fellowship\r\nwith your bishop—I mean not of\r\na mere human, but of a spiritual\r\nnature—how much more do I\r\nreckon you happy, who so depend<a id=\"r777\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f777\"><sup>[777]</sup></a>\r\non him as the church does on the\r\nLord Jesus, and the Lord does on\r\nGod and His Father, that so all\r\nthings may agree in unity! Let\r\nno man deceive himself: if any\r\none be not within the altar, he is\r\ndeprived of the bread of God. For\r\nif the prayer of one or two possesses<a id=\"r778\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f778\"><sup>[778]</sup></a>\r\nsuch power that Christ stands in\r\nthe midst of them, how much more\r\nwill the prayer of the bishop and\r\nof the whole church, ascending up\r\nin harmony to God, prevail for the\r\ngranting of all their petitions in\r\nChrist! He, therefore, that separates\r\nhimself from such, and does\r\nnot meet in the society where sacrifices<a id=\"r779\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f779\"><sup>[779]</sup></a>\r\nare offered, and with “the\r\nchurch of the first-born whose\r\nnames are written in heaven,” is a\r\nwolf in sheep’s clothing,<a id=\"r780\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f780\"><sup>[780]</sup></a> while he\r\npresents a mild outward appearance.\r\nDo ye, beloved, be careful to be\r\nsubject to the bishop, and the presbyters\r\nand the deacons. For he\r\nthat is subject to these is obedient\r\nto Christ, who has appointed them;\r\nbut he that is disobedient to these is\r\ndisobedient to Christ Jesus. And\r\n“he that obeyeth not<a id=\"r781\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f781\"><sup>[781]</sup></a> the Son shall\r\nnot see life, but the wrath of God\r\nabideth on him.” For he that\r\nyields not obedience to his superiors\r\nis self-confident, quarrelsome, and\r\nproud. But “God,” says [the\r\nScripture], “resisteth the proud,\r\nbut giveth grace to the humble;”<a id=\"r782\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f782\"><sup>[782]</sup></a>\r\nand, “The proud have greatly\r\ntransgressed.” The Lord also says\r\nto the priests, “He that heareth you,\r\nheareth me; and he that heareth me,\r\nheareth the Father that sent me.\r\nHe that despiseth you, despiseth\r\nme; and he that despiseth me,\r\ndespiseth Him that sent me.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS. (SHORTER AND LONGER.)","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE EPHESIANS.","Chap. v.—The praise of unity."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-223"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"bdb0485ab0a97f0279e9a89dfa661966328b0f5ea3a6f339f02b67ddbe846134","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"MAT","chapter":18,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Matt. xviii. 19","verse":19,"verse_end":19}],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f778","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":"f778","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f778\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r778\">778</a>. </span><abbr title=\"Matthew\">Matt.</abbr> <abbr title=\"eighteen\">xviii.</abbr> 19.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f778","text_sha256":"c70d7789bbfd6dc3f6252b4e58a709e5ce4a7ea2a9cbbfc5a9a7bdf819486c7c","verified":false,"work_id":null}