Patristic

Saint Ignatius of Antioch

Bishop of Antioch · Martyr

A.D. 35–107

Bishop of Antioch, martyred at Rome; his seven letters, written on the way to martyrdom, are among the earliest Christian writings after the New Testament.

In their own words

Ignatius of Antioch · A.D. 35–107 A.D. 107

“They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they confess not the Eucharist to be the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which suffered for our sins, and which the Father, of His goodness, raised up again.”

The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus, Epistle to the Smyrnaeans, ch. 7 PD · ANF Vol. 1 (Roberts-Donaldson) ↗

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