"I am the wheat of God, and am……" — Ignatius of Antioch
"I am the wheat of God, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God."
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Ignatius of Antioch
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61 Quotes by Ignatius of Antioch
Ignatius of Antioch has 61 quotes on this site.
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It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as…
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For some are in the habit of carrying about the name in wicked guile, while they still practice things unworthy…
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I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ ...; I long to drink of his blood,…
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Be careful, therefore, to take part only in the one Eucharist; for there is only one Flesh of our Lord…
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I am God's wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ's pure bread.
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Now do I begin to be a disciple of Christ, and care for nothing in this world, that so I…
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But look at the men who have those perverted notions about the grace of Jesus Christ which has come down…
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[Jesus] was born and baptized that by his suffering he might purify the water.
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Wherever the bishop shall appear, let the multitude of also be, just as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the…
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As for me, my charter is Jesus Christ, the inviolable charter is His cross and His death and resurrection, and…
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Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings ... let shatterings of the whole body;…
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It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I…
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily…
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What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and…
— Diane Ackerman
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What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish,…
— Pedro Calderon de la Barca
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Men are beasts and even beasts don't behave as they do.
— Brigitte Bardot
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Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.
— Aeschylus
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I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.
— Cate Blanchett
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We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not…
— Daniel Boone
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Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and…
— Robert Browning
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As a little girl, I didn't like stories about little girls. I liked stories about dragons and beasts and princes…
— A. S. Byatt
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In my mind's eye, Shakespeare is a huge, hot sea-beast, with fire in his veins and ice on his claws…
— A. S. Byatt
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A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
— Albert Camus
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