I am God’s wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ’s pure bread.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHI am God’s wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ’s pure bread.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHIt is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHFor 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 ANTIOCHIt is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHOur task is not one of producing persuasive propaganda; Christianity shows its greatness when it is hated by the world.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHOnly 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 ANTIOCHNow I begin to be a disciple. Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts, broken bones, dismemberment come upon me, so long as I attain to Jesus Christ.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHWhere the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHIt is right, therefore, that we not just be called Christians, but that we actually be Christians.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHDo everything as if He were dwelling in us. Thus we shall be His temples and He will be within us as our God – as He actually is.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHI would rather die for Christ than rule the whole earth.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHLet not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHHe 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 ANTIOCHBe 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 ANTIOCHLet no man’s place, or dignity, or riches, puff him up; and let no man’s low condition or poverty abase him. For the chief points are faith towards God, hope towards Christ, the enjoyment of those good things for which we look, and love towards God and our neighbor.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHLet us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.
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