Ignatius of Antioch

The active, written, discursive pursuit of the incomprehensible established in Rahner’s writing acts as a form of spirituality. In this way, self-reflexivity grounded in tradition develops as spiritual theology. Evident in Ronald Modras’ Ignatian Humanism: A Dynamic Spirituality for the 21st Century, Patrick Byrne’s “The Passionateness of Being: The Legacy of Bernard Lonergan”, and Bernard Lonergan’s “Method in Theology” and “Healing and Creating in History”, I will focus on how…

letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch to the Romans and the letter to Diognetus both ends then. Variety of ideas and feelings came in my mind. Some of them were; I feel proud to be a Christian. I have seen the courageous zeal of a disciple to suffer with his Lord. Amazed in the faith heroically to confirm their believe without fear. In particular, St. Ignatius of Antioch, who wished to confirm his beliefs with life "I am voluntarily dying for God." And finally, his desire came true. St. Ignatius…

There were four men who came to be known as the “Apostolic Fathers” The term Apostolic Fathers is used to describe a group of early Christian writings produced in the late 1st and 2nd century . They are (Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Papias, and authors of the Epistle to Barnabas). Their works include the “Didache”. Didache used as Christian teaching manual for new converts. “The Didache is considered part of the category of second-generation Christian writings known as the Apostolic Fathers”…

Ignatius of Antioch and his Letter to the Magnesians Ignatius of Antioch was a key figure in the development and defending of orthodox thought in the beginnings of Christianity. Sentenced to death for his Christian beliefs, Ignatius wrote seven letters on his way to Rome to be put to death. These seven letters offered encouragement, instruction, and inspiration to the new Christians in communities he passed through. In his “Letter to the Magnesians”, specifically chapters eight and nine,…

my faith off of. Those two scholars would be Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, and Justin Martyr. After reading their writings I have converted over and maybe you will find yourself doing the same after reading this letter. It is not my goal to convert for my sake, but for your own because I believe this is the better path for you, your soul, and your happiness. The first thinker who spoke to me, which I hope also speaks you was Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch.…

Ignatius was a contemporary of Peter and Paul. According to tradition, he was a friend of Polycarp, it is believed that John taught Polycarp and Irenaeus, therefore these men were all disciple of John. Tradition holds that Peter and Paul left instructions that Ignatius should be made a bishop. Subsequently, he was consecrated bishop of Antioch. Legend holds that Ignatius was one of the children that Jesus received and blessed when He said, let the little children come to me. When he was the…

to be true. Without evidence people often believe things that with time, and new discovered evidence turn out to be false. Docetism is derived from the Greek dokeo, “to seem”. This Christian heresy first occurred in a letter by Bishop Serapion of Antioch (who later refutes it), he discovered the doctrine in the Gospel of Peter. It teaches that Jesus’ physical body was an illusion, as was his crucifixion; that is, Jesus only seemed to have a physical body and to physically die, but in reality he…

Christianity, starts out with only the population of Jews, expand into Romans, Muslims, and other culture groups in the past twenty centuries. With Paul spreading Jesus’s words to the gentiles, the Roman has killed thousands of Christian because they see Christians as rebels and want the Roman Empire to fall, which leads to the great persecution in 303. After Constantine take over, he later legalizes Christianity as Romans accept Christianity, which resulted in the Edict of Milan in 313 (Cohen…

The seven authentic letters of Ignatius, bishop of Antioch (ca. 110 CE), provide some of the earliest insight into the theology, organization and worship, internecine struggles, and epistolary practices of the primitive Church outside of the New Testament. ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΙ ΙΓΝΑΤΙΟΥ: The Letters of Ignatius is a unique tool that assists those with an intermediate level of Koine Greek in reading these valuable epistles. Using the text of Kirsopp Lake’s 1919 edition of The Apostolic Fathers, ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΙ…

The Roman Catholic church is probably the most obvious of all indoctrinated churches. Most note-able of Catholicism’s indoctrination is the The fifteen Apocryphal books which the Roman Catholics have included in their Bibles. These books are also called the lost books or hidden books of the bible. To begin, the word apocryphal stands for questionable authenticity. These books have never been accepted as divine words of God. These books were created in the silent period between the old testament…