{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">See that ye all follow\r\nthe bishop, even as\r\nJesus Christ does the\r\nFather, and the presbytery\r\nas ye would the\r\napostles; and reverence\r\nthe deacons, as being\r\nthe institution<a id=\"r1283\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1283\"><sup>[1283]</sup></a> of God.\r\nLet no man do anything\r\nconnected with\r\nthe church without the\r\nbishop. Let that be\r\ndeemed a proper<a id=\"r1284\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1284\"><sup>[1284]</sup></a> Eucharist,\r\nwhich is [administered] either by\r\nthe bishop, or by one to\r\nwhom he has entrusted\r\nit. Wherever the bishop\r\nshall appear, there let\r\nthe multitude [of the\r\npeople] also be; even as,\r\nwherever Jesus Christ\r\nis, there is the catholic\r\nchurch. It is not lawful\r\nwithout the bishop either\r\nto baptize or to celebrate\r\na love-feast; but whatsoever\r\nhe shall approve\r\nof, that is also pleasing\r\nto God, so that everything\r\nthat is done may\r\nbe secure and valid.<a id=\"r1285\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1285\"><sup>[1285]</sup></a></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-532"}],"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-f1284","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":"f1284","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1284\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1284\">1284</a>. </span>Or, “firm.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1284","text_sha256":"a8db11fffa8a5df2e0fc10a4f7be514b537d94014a77995f955b6c896dd149dd","verified":false,"work_id":null}