Ignatius instructed Christians to follow the , as Jesus Christ followed the Father.

Bishop

Explanation:

Ignatius was a Bishop in Antioch, emphasized unity among the christian community, he believed that the unity with Christ is not individual but involves all Christians.

He constantly instructed Christians to respect their bishop, by following them just at Jesus Christ followed the father. He emphasized respect  and obedience of the Christians to bishops as though they were the Apostles, because the are the ones God has assigned to lead them and to unite the body of Christ.

political parties perform an important task in government. they bring people together to achieve control of the government, develop policies favorable to their interests or the groups that support them, and organize and persuade voters to elect their candidates to office.

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c. reserves power to the states and people