[Uncle Chip]

You can come up with all of the conspiracy theories you choose... The Greek text reads: Ὅπου ἂν φανῇ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος, ἐκεῖ τὸ πλῆθος ἔστω· ὥσπερ ὅπου ἂν ᾖ Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς ἐκεῖ ἡ καθολικὴ ἐκκλησία. Read it for yourself.

Is that the original text or an altered copy made by a dishonest copyist of later centuries that even the magisterium of your own church now admits happened to a lot of Ignatius' writings???

[markomalley]

TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.

By the way, I have always liked your tag line. Contains some good advice for all to follow.