black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

My dear Jesus, my Savior, is so deeply written in my heart, that I feel confident, that if my heart were to be cut open and chopped to pieces, the name of Jesus would be found written on every piece.

Ignatius of Antioch

As for me, my charter is Jesus Christ, the inviolable charter is His cross and His death and resurrection, and faith through Him.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Death Faith God Himself
For Faith is the beginning and the end is love, and God is the two of them brought into unity. After these comes whatever else makes up a Christian gentleman.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Beginning End Faith Love Religious Unity
Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Empowerment God Man Name Suffering Togetherness
It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Evidence Myself Name Religion
I am God’s wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ’s pure bread.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

God Ground Myself Teeth
I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ; I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Drink End God Hungry Love Myself
I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth. Him I seek who died for us; Him I love who rose again because of us.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Death Earth God Love Ourselves Seek
May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs – let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

God Happiness Myself Struggle Way Wild
Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Fear Ourselves Spirit Suffering
Be obedient to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was in the flesh to the Father, and the apostles to Christ and to the Father and to the Spirit, so that there may be unity in flesh and in spirit.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Father God Obedience Oneself Spirit Unity
My dear Jesus, my Savior, is so deeply written in my heart, that I feel confident, that if my heart were to be cut open and chopped to pieces, the name of Jesus would be found written on every piece.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Confidence Deep Feeling God Heart Myself Pieces Writing
I am the wheat of God, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

God Ground Myself Purity Wild
He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Death Desire Himself Object Place
Your accord and harmonious love is a hymn to Jesus Christ in perfect harmony, and taking your pitch from God, you may sing in unison and in one voice to the Father through Jesus Christ.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Father God Harmony Love Perfection Voice
Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Present Religious Togetherness
It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is impossible to receive forgiveness before confessing his trespasses.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Forgiveness Freedom Habit Impossible Man Sin Yourself

My dear Jesus, my Savior, is so deeply written in my heart, that I feel confident, that if my heart were to be cut open and chopped to pieces, the name of Jesus would be found written on every piece.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

My dear Jesus, my Savior, is so deeply written in my heart, that I feel confident, that if my heart were to be cut open and chopped to pieces, the name of Jesus would be found written on every piece.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Ignatius of Antioch Quotes