Ignatius of Antioch

There are several great men who were instrumental in the development of the early Christian church, Ignatius pastor of the church at Antioch, and Origen the great teacher to name a couple. However, from a place of political power, none were more influential than Constantine, the Emperor of Rome. In this paper I will discuss a few highlights from the life of this gallant leader. Reading from the textbook has provided great insight into the life of Constantine. Early on in his life it is…

Ignatius of Antioch was arrested, and as he is transported to Rome to be executed, he meets with members of local Christian churches along the way in order to consolidate all the house churches into one large organization. He wanted to bring a central authority…

Christianity, begins about twenty centuries ago, starts out with only the Jewish population, has expanded into Romans, Muslims, and other culture groups. With Jesus’s words spread to the gentiles, the Romans decides to execute thousands of Christian because they see Christians as major threat of the fall of the Roman Empire, which results in the Great Persecution in 303. After Constantine takes over, as Romans accept Christianity, he releases Edict of Milan in 313, which legalizes Christianity…

Some commentators of the early church assume that it was the food itself which had toxic effect on the consumers when eaten improperly (see e.g. Ignatius of Antioch, Gregory of Nyssa, and Irenaeus of Lyons), and some modern interpreters follow their suggestion.1 However, exactly this type of quasi-magical views about food is refuted by Paul in 1 Corinthians 10.23–33 concerning food sacrificed to idols.2 Paul considers food sacrificed to idols to be nothing extraordinary in itself (8:1–13; 10.19)…

90 A.D. (Mitch and Sri, 19) Matthew’s Gospel was composed for a mixed community of Jewish and Gentile Christians in the Syrian city of Antioch. (18) The reason Matthew chose Antioch is because that city had a large Jewish community which lived in harmony with its Gentile neighbours. Also, the Didache (which is an ancient Syrian document) and St. Ignatius of Antioch…

order to prove who the author really was. The early church fathers, Ignatius of Antioch, Papias of Hierapolis, Pope Clement I, and Polycarp had plenty to say about the four gospels. Papias for instance stated that Mark had recorded everything he heard, just not in the order of Christ’s words or the things he had done (Goodnight, 2017). He did however, record everything truthfully and omitted nothing. Then, another example Ignatius wrote in his book ‘Against Heresies’ was that Matthew wrote the…

Bruce W. Longenecker’s book Lost Letters of Perfamum has been a delightful easy read. This book is both educational and easily entertaining. The book is a fictional account of letters discovered in the city of Pergamum that once belonged to Antipas, the martyr mentioned in Revelation 2:13 who died in Pergamum. These letters inspired what Longenecker produced which is to be although fictional but seems more of a narrative to the history that is going on. Longenecker’s Antipas was a Roman…

Christianity, a religion known the world over however, It did not start this way and its rise to preeminence was fraught with alienation, destitution and persecution. Christianity follows the belief that a man named Jesus who was a great teacher of his time and regarded by his followers to not only be a prophet but in fact the flesh and blood incarnation of God. Came to this world in order to redeem mankind whom in the eyes of God had been willingly lead down the path of sin, though their…

This book is made up of a collection of fictional letters that was affiliated with Antipas. Antipas was the martyr that was cited in Revelation 2:13, “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to my name, and did not deny my faith even in the days in which Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.” In the beginning, Antipas was an elite Roman citizen who fought to maintain and continue to enhance his position in his…

For this question, I have picked the gospel of John. The book of John was written by Apostle John meaning “Yahweh has been gracious.” John was the youngest of Jesus’ apostles. The gospel of John was written around 80- 90A.D in the city of Ephesus. Ephesus by that time was the center of commerce and culture. The majority of John’s audience was no longer Jewish converts but rather people who lived in a world dominated by culture and thoughts of Greece and Rome. Apostle John sought to appeal to…