Ignatius of Antioch

Ignatius of Antioch was also known as Ignatius Theophorus was writing in the very first century and believed to have been a student or disciple of John. As an early Christian writer and Patriarch of Antioch. He may have never considered himself a Patriarch of anything other than his own family because,, unlike most Modern Christians he knew and understood why Jesus warned us to call no man Patri or Father. He was a bishop of the early Church in Antioch and may have been the most prominent overseer at that time since Hhe seems to have been singled out by a local legate to be martyred in Rome.

As a bishop of the Church for a large Christian community in Antioch he was likely considered competition by who ever was the civil Patriarch of Antioch at that time. Their duties to the people, one to the Christian community and the other to th subject citizenry of Antioch, were similar, UT it was the means and method that differed.

The escribing of a patriarchal succession was an obsession of the Church of Constatine and was only after its creation and incorporation by the Emperor that we see disputes at the time of the Meletian schism in 362 and again after the Council of Chalcedon in 451, when there were rival claimants.

Such disputes were to be settled by the elders in free assembly. This had been the traditional method since before there were kings in Israel when Tithing were still freewill offerings according to the service of the ministers To the tents of the congregations.

Ignatius makes that clear in some of his letters if we will take the time to learn the meaning of the terms he uses.

I found it interesting that the soldiers who took Ignatius to Rome chose to take the long way. it would have been cheaper and much quicker go go by sea. They also seemed to go out of their way so he could visit many other churches along their route. While en route to Rome, where he met his martyrdom, Ignatius wrote a series of letters if objectively read without preconceived notions and personal prejudices can help us understand the traditions of the early Church.

It should also be noted that while in route to appear before the Emperor, possibly Trajan, all other bishop would be reasonably safe from similar persecutions. Paul the Apostle had succefully employed the same tactic in his own appeal.

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The Deacon Gooley used the letters to the Trallians by Ignatius of Antioch^[1] to make his point. It stated, ‘deacons are not waiters (diakonoi) providing food and drink but executives (hyperetai) of the Church of God.’

With Clement of Rome and Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp is regarded as one of three chief Apostolic leaders of the early Church. The sole surviving work attributed to his authorship is his Letter to the Philippians; it is first recorded by Irenaeus of Lyons.

Paul may have written an original and this present day manuscript of Timothy is a product of others producing the same content with another style. The genuineness of Pauline authorship was accepted by Church orthodoxy as early as c. 180 AD, as evidenced by the surviving testimony of Irenaeus and the author of the Muratorian. Possible allusions are found in the letters from Clement of Rome to the Corinthians (c. 95), Ignatius of Antioch to the Ephesians (c. 110) and Polycarp to the Philippians (c. 130).

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Footnotes

↑ A student of John the Apostle (ca. From 35 to 45-and 98 to 117)

[1] A student of John the Apostle (ca. From 35 to 45-and 98 to 117)

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