Ignatius of Antioch

d. 108 · Bishop of Antioch · 7 works in modern English

  • LettersNew 7 parts
    • Letter to the EphesiansNewOn unity with the bishop, the Eucharist as the medicine of immortality, and Christ born of Mary and of God.
    • Letter to the MagnesiansNewAgainst Judaizing: honour the bishop, keep the Lord's Day, and live according to Christ.
    • Letter to the TralliansNewAgainst those who say Christ only seemed to suffer: He truly was born, ate, drank, suffered and rose.
    • Letter to the RomansNewIgnatius begs the Christians of Rome not to prevent his martyrdom: 'I am the wheat of God.'
    • Letter to the PhiladelphiansNewOne Eucharist, one altar, one bishop; avoiding division and those who stir it.
    • Letter to the SmyrnaeansNewChrist's true flesh and the Eucharist as His flesh; where the bishop is, there let the people be — the first use of 'Catholic Church'.
    • Letter to PolycarpNewIgnatius' counsel to the young bishop of Smyrna on the duties of a shepherd.

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