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| St Ignatius of Antioch (Photo credit: jimforest) |
Follow your bishop, every
one of you, as obediently as Jesus Christ followed the Father. Obey your clergy
too as you would the apostles; give your deacons the same reverence that you
would to a command of God. Make sure that no step affecting the Church is ever
taken by anyone without the bishop’s sanction. The sole Eucharist you should
consider valid is one that is celebrated by the bishop himself, or by some
person authorized by him. Where the bishop is to be seen, there let all his
people be; just as, wherever Jesus Christ is present, there is the Catholic
Church. Letter to the Smyrneans
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