Letter to the Trallians
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Letter to the Trallians is an early Christian epistle by Ignatius of Antioch that exhorts the church in Tralles to unity, obedience to church leaders, and steadfastness against false teachings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Letter to the Trallians canonical | 3 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early Christian epistle
ⓘ
letter ⓘ patristic text ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Apostolic Fathers ⓘ |
| audience | Christians in Tralles ⓘ |
| author | Ignatius of Antioch ⓘ |
| callsFor |
unity in doctrine
ⓘ
unity in practice ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | early Christian communities ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
ecclesial hierarchy
ⓘ
submission to bishops ⓘ submission to deacons ⓘ submission to presbyters ⓘ unity with the bishop ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
loyalty to legitimate church authority
ⓘ
moral exhortation ⓘ |
| genre | epistle ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-apostolic church ⓘ |
| influenced | later ecclesiology ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
church unity
ⓘ
obedience to church leaders ⓘ steadfastness in faith ⓘ warning against false teachings ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ignatian corpus
ⓘ
surface form:
Ignatian epistles
|
| period | early 2nd century ⓘ |
| placeOfDestination | Tralles in Asia Minor ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript traditions of the Apostolic Fathers ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| setting | time of Ignatius's journey to martyrdom ⓘ |
| supportsDoctrine |
episcopal church structure
ⓘ
orthodox Christology ⓘ |
| teaches |
importance of perseverance
ⓘ
reality of Christ's death ⓘ reality of Christ's incarnation ⓘ reality of Christ's suffering ⓘ |
| theologicalCategory |
anti-heretical literature
ⓘ
early Christian ecclesiology ⓘ |
| warnsAgainst |
docetic Christology
ⓘ
false teachers ⓘ heresy ⓘ |
| writtenTo | church in Tralles ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.