Letter to Polycarp, Preface (1)

will begin to translate Ignatius of Antioch's Letter to Polycarp, using the Greek text provided in The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations, ed. Michael Holmes (1999). The first section I will go through is the preface to his letter, aka the introduction.

Ιγνατιος, ο και Θεοφορος, Πολυκαρπω επισκοπω εκκλησιας Σμυρναιων, μαλλον επισκοπημενω υπο θεου πατρος και κυριου Ιησου Χριστου, πλειστα χαιρειν.

My translation turns out as follows:

Ignatius, also called Theophorus; deepest greetings to Polycarp, overseer of the church of the Smyrnaeans; rather, who is overseen by God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Trying to translate Koine Greek into American English so the meaning is understood is a difficult task.

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