Inspirational Quotes by Ignatius of Antioch
“It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but to actually be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name...Come fire, cross, battling with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs, crushing of my whole body, cruel tortures of the Devil--Only let me get to Jesus Christ!”
“Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men...For cannot he that falls rise again?”
“I would rather die for Christ than rule the whole earth.”
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“Do not have Jesus Christ on your lips, and the world in your hearts.”
“But pray unceasingly also for the rest of men, for they offer ground for hoping that they may be converted and win their way to God. Give them an opportunity therefore, of becoming your disciples. Meet their angry outbursts with your own gentleness, their boastfulness with your humility, their revilings with your prayers, their error with your constancy in the faith, their harshness with your meekness; and beware of trying to match their example.”
“Stand like a beaten anvil. It is the part of a good athlete to be bruised and to prevail.”
“I offer my life's breath for the sake of the Cross, which is a stumbling block to the unbelievers, but to us it is salvation and eternal life.”
“Permit me to imitate my suffering God... I am God's wheat and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.”
“It is better to keep silence and be something than to talk and be nothing.”
“He who is devout to the Mother of God will certainly never be lost.”
“The proper thing, then, is not merely to be styled Christians, but also to be such.”
“Polycarp replied, “For eighty-six years I have been his servant, and he has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me?”
“For where there is division and wrath, God doth not dwell.”
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“Sejam submissos ao bispo e também uns aos outros, assim como Jesus Cristo Se submeteu, na carne, ao Pai, e os apóstolos se submeteram a Cristo, ao Pai e ao Espírito, a fim de que haja união, tanto física como espiritual.”
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“Necessito de mansidão, que pode destruir o príncipe deste mundo.”
“Tenhamos os olhos fixos no sangue de Cristo, e compreendamos como é precioso ao seu Pai. Derramado pela nossa salvação, trouxe ao mundo a graça do arrependimento.”
“Percorramos todas as gerações e aprendamos que, de geração em geração, o Senhor deu possibilidade de arrependimento a todos aqueles que queriam converter-se a ele. Noé pregou o arrependimento, e os que o escutaram foram salvos. Jonas anunciou a catástrofe aos ninivitas, e estes se arrependeram de seus pecados; aplacaram a Deus com suas súplicas e obtiveram salvação, embora fossem estrangeiros em relação a Deus.”
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St. Ignatius of Antioch (35 -117)
(Ancient Greek: Ἰγνάτιος Ἀντιοχείας, Ignátios Antiokheías; ad c. 35 or 50 – 98 to 117), also known as Ignatius Theophorus (Ιγνάτιος ὁ Θεοφόρος, Ignátios ho Theophóros, lit. "the God-bearing"), was a student of John the Apostle, was the third bishop of Antioch, and is now counted among the Apostolic Fathers of the Christian Church.[En route to Rome, where according to Christian tradition he met his martyrdom by being fed to wild beasts, he wrote a series of letters which have been preserved as an example of very early Christian theology. Important topics addressed in these letters include ecclesiology, the sacraments, and the role of bishops. Ignatius modeled his writings after Paul, Peter, and John, and even quoted or paraphrased their own works freely, such as when he quoted 1 Cor 1:18, in his letter to the Ephesians.