Note: The following is in actuality not a creed or confession, per se, but it shows what tenets of the gospel were most prominent in the earliest age of the Church. The text is taken from the longer version of Ignatius' Epistle To The Trallians. All of the epistles of Ignatius bear virtual unanimous testimony to the King James Bible and the Traditional Text, which is why modern bible "scholars" have attempted to discredit his epistles by renouncing them as counterfeits. |
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Be deaf, therefore, when any would speak to you apart from Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was descended from the family of David, born of Mary, who truly was born both of God and of the Virgin... truly took a body; for the Word became flesh and dwelt among us without sin, ate and drank truly, truly suffered persecution under Pontius Pilate, was truly and not in appearance crucified and died... who was also truly raised from the dead and rose after three days, his Father raising him up... and after having spent forty days with the Apostles, was received up to the Father, and sits on his right hand, waiting till his enemies are put under his feet. |
Kwfwqhte oun, otan umin cwriV Ihsou Cristou lalh tiV tou uiou tou Qeou, tou ek genomenou Dabid, tou ek MariaV, oV alhqwV egennhqh kai ek Qeou kai ek Parqenou... alhqwV anelabe swma, o LogoV gar sarx egeneto kai epoliteusato aneu amartiaV, efagen te kai epien alhqwV. alhqwV ediwcqh epi Pontiou Pilatou, alhqwV de, kai ou dokhsei estaurwqh kai apeqanen... oV kai alhqwV hgerqh apo nekrwn kai anesth dia triwn hmerwn, egeirontoV auton tou PatroV autou... kai tessarakonta hmeraV sundiatriyaV toiV ApostoloiV, anelhfqh proV ton Patera, kai ekaqisen ek dexiwn autou, perimenwn ewV an teqwsin oi ecqroi autou upo touV podaV autou. |