{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/001/0010271.htm","path":"chr/ecf/001/0010271.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/001/0010271.htm","text":"Ye presbyters, \u201cfeed the flock which is among you,\u201d 1247 till God shall show who is to hold the rule over you. For \u201cI am now ready to be offered,\u201d 1248 that I \u201cmay win Christ.\u201d 1249 Let the deacons know of what dignity they are, and let them study to be blameless, that they may be the followers of Christ. Let the people be subject to the presbyters and the deacons. Let the virgins know to whom they have consecrated themselves.","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: IGNATIUS: Chapter VIII.\u2014Exhortations to the...","type":"page"}