Ignatius to the Magnesians

It is therefore meet that we not only be called Christians, but also be such; even as some persons have the bishop's name on their lips, but in everything act apart from him. Such men appear to me not to keep a good conscience, for as much as they do not assemble themselves together lawfully according to commandment.

Πρέπον οὖν ἐστιν μὴ μόνον καλεῖσθαι Χρις τιανούς, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἶναι: ὥσπερ καί τινες ἐπίσκοπον μὲν καλοῦσιν, χωρὶς δὲ αὐτοῦ πάντα πράσσουσιν. οἱ τοιοῦτοι δὲ οὐκ εὐσυνείδητοί μοι εἶναι φαίνονται διὰ τὸ μὴ βεβαίως κατ̓ ἐντολὴν συναθροίζεσθαι.