Pseudo-Ignatius

4th century · AD 400 · Works attributed to the fathers · 3 passages

In his own words on 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 8:7
It is becoming, therefore, that you also should be obedient to your bishop and contradict him in nothing; for it is a fearful thing to contradict any such person. For no one does [by such conduct] deceive him that is visible but does [in reality] seek to mock him that is invisible, who, however, cannot be mocked by anyone. And every such act has respect not to man but to God. For God says to Samuel, "They have not mocked you, but me."
LETTER TO THE MAGNESIANS 3
1 Samuel 13:11-12
Saul also was dishonored because he did not wait for Samuel the high priest. It behooves you, therefore, also to reverence your superiors.
LETTER TO THE MAGNESIANS 3

Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.