Monday, June 18, 2018

"Let me see the pure light; when I am there, I shall be truly a man at last."

ἄφετέ με καθαρὸν φῶς λαβεῖν·  ἐκεῖ παραγενόμενος ἄνθρωπος ἔσμαι.

     St. Ignatius of Antioch, Romans 6, trans. Liturgy of the hours.  Lake:  "Suffer me to receive the pure light; when I have come thither I shall become a man."  Ehrman:  "Allow me to receive the pure light; when I have arrived there, I will be a human."  ANF 1 reflects a variant reading sidelined in Loeb editions of both Lake and Ehrman:  "Suffer me to obtain pure light:  when I have gone thither, I shall indeed be a man God."

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