@inbook{b43f0d169900414ea9c84004a3c1066e,
title = "The Bishop and his Deacons: Ignatius of Antioch{\textquoteright}s view on ministry: two-fold or three-fold",
abstract = "While in the early Church of the first centuries there are several texts where a two-fold ministry seems to be the case, it is the martyr Ignatius of Antioch who is adduced as providing the first instance of the three-fold structure of ministry. In this article it is argued that the epistles of Ignatius witness to the two-fold model—also found in the New Testament, Hermas, 1 Clement and the Didache—rather than to the three-fold ministry of later tradition. Some attention is also paid to the Pauline background of Ignatius{\textquoteright} speaking about ministry and to the specific tasks of deacons.
",
keywords = "Leadership, Early Christianity, Ministry, Ignatius of Antioch, Bishops, Deacons",
author = "Bart Koet",
year = "2017",
month = jun,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1163/9789004347083_010",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789004347090",
series = "Brill's Studies in Catholic Theology",
publisher = "Brill",
pages = "171--190",
editor = "{Van Geest}, Paul and Marcel Poorthuis and Rose, {Els }",
booktitle = "Sanctifying Texts, Transforming Rituals",
address = "Netherlands",
}