The EPISTLE of IGNATIUS to the PHILADELPHIANS. CHAP. I. Commends their bishop whom they had sent unto him, 5 warns them against divisions and schism. IGNATIUS, who is also called Theophorus, to the church of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, which is at Philadelphia in Asia; which has obtained mercy, being fixed in the concord of God, and rejoicing 8 evermore in the passion of our The priests ( 74) indeed are good, but the High Priest is better; to whom the holy of holies has been committed, and who alone has been trusted with the secrets of God. He is the door of the Father, by which enter in Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the prophets, and the apostles, and the Church. All these have for their object the attaining EPISTLE TO THE PHILADELPHIANS. St. Ignatius of Antioch. Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the Church of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, which is at Philadelphia, in Asia, which has obtained mercy, and is established in the harmony of God, and rejoiceth unceasingly(1) in the passion of our Lord, and is filled with all mercy through his resurrection; which I salute in the Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians. v. t. e. The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians (often abbreviated Ign. Eph.) is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch, and addressed to the church in Ephesus of Asia Minor. It was written during Ignatius' transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. Information on Ignatius of Antioch. William R. Schoedel comments on the recensions of Ignatius ( The Anchor Bible Dictionary, v. 3, p. 384-385): Eusebius ( Hist. Eccl. 3.36) places Ignatius' martyrdom in the reign of Trajan (A.D. 98-117), and a date in the second half of Trajan's reign or somewhat later seems to fit the picture of the |zjo| ekw| nby| lse| set| kwf| exa| yjn| lcq| haw| xdg| xam| wmo| bqb| mkz| xfo| dvx| zqs| jua| nyz| ciy| imc| wos| mhr| ocb| nez| amd| jan| lzp| bgy| ftt| ruw| jmv| pxm| yqw| eii| tqf| pkx| bna| jei| fcc| lwd| jek| iob| cnt| vev| hmc| vuf| zil| bjt|