It is right, therefore, that we not just be called Christians, but that we actually be Christians. — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
“Stand like a beaten anvil. It is the part of a good athlete to be bruised and to prevail.” — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God. — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
Let no man's place, or dignity, or riches, puff him up; and let no man's low condition or poverty abase him. For… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
For Faith is the beginning and the end is love, and God is the two of them brought into unity. After these… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
We recognize a tree by its fruit, and we ought to be able to recognize a Christian by his action. The fruit… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
Being come together in the same place, let there be one prayer, one supplication, one mind, one hope, in love and in… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
... you... are stones of the temple of the Father, prepared for the Father's building, and drawn up on high by the… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
I am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for God if only you do not… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God. — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
He 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 Antioch Copy Share Image
Now I begin to be a disciple. I care for nothing, of visible or invisible things, so that I may but win Christ. Let… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
The Lord did nothing either of himself or through his apostles without his Father, with whom he is united; so too, you should undertake… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God. — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
In like manner, everyone who has received from God the power of distinguishing and yet follows an unskillful pastor and receives a false opinion… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst ten leopards,… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
