Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Magnesians 2.2
So I was counted worthy to see you in the persons of Damas your bishop, who is worthy of God, of your worthy elders Bassus and Apollonius, and of my fellow slave Zotion the deacon. May I have joy of Zotion, for he submits to the bishop as to the grace of God, and to the council of elders as to the law of Jesus Christ.
Greek
Ἐπεὶ οὖν ἠξιώθην ἰδεῖν ὑμᾶς διὰ Δαμᾶ τοῦ ἀξιοθέου ὑμῶν ἐπισκόπου καὶ πρεσβυτέρων ἀξϊων Βάσσου καὶ Ἀπολλωνίου καὶ τοῦ συνδούλου μου διακόνου Ζωτίωνος, οὗ ἐγὼ ὀναίμην, ὅτι ὑποτάσσεται τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ ὡς χάριτι θεοῦ καὶ τῷ πρεσβυτερίῳ ὡς νόμῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.