"We recognize a tree by its fruit, and……" — Ignatius of Antioch
"We recognize a tree by its fruit, and we ought to be able to recognize a Christian by his action. The fruit of faith should be evident in our lives, for being a Christian is more than making sound professions of faith. It should reveal itself in practical and visible ways. Indeed it is better to keep quiet about our beliefs, and live them out, than to talk eloquently about what we believe, but fail to live by it."
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Ignatius of Antioch
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61 Quotes by Ignatius of Antioch
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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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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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