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One bishop with his presbyters and deacons
On Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time our Church invites us to first read and reflect on a passage from the beginning of the letter of the apostle Paul to Timothy (5:3-25) entitled "Concerning widows and elders". Our treasure, which follows, is from a letter to the Philadelphians by Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr.
Ignatius of Antioch (c. A.D. 35–107) was the third bishop of Antioch after St. Peter and one of the earliest Apostolic Fathers, having known or been taught by the Apostles, especially St. John. Arrested during the persecution under Emperor Trajan, he…
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