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In his Chronicle, Eusebius gives the date of Ignatius\'s death as AA 2124 (2124 years after Abraham), i.e.
Along the route Ignatius wrote six letters to the churches in the region and one to a fellow bishop, Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna.
During the journey to Rome, Ignatius and his entourage of soldiers made a number of stops in Asia Minor.
Ignatius\' own writings mention his arrest by the authorities and travel to Rome to face trial: From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst ten leopards, even a company of soldiers, who only grow worse when they are kindly treated.
A tradition arose that he was one of the children whom Jesus took in his arms and blessed.
Ignatius called himself Theophorus (God Bearer).
Peter himself left directions that Ignatius be appointed to the episcopal see of Antioch.
In an attempt to make his apostolic succession even more immediate, Theodoret of Cyrrhus claimed that St.
Later in his life, Ignatius was chosen to serve as Bishop of Antioch; the fourth-century Church historian Eusebius writes that Ignatius succeeded Evodius.
Tradition identifies Ignatius, along with his friend Polycarp, as disciples of John the Apostle.
It is said Ignatius converted to Christianity at a young age.
Nothing is known of Ignatius\' life apart from what may be inferred internally from his letters, except from late spurious traditions.
In speaking of the authority of the church, he was the first to use the phrase catholic church in writing, which is still in use to this day.
Important topics they address include ecclesiology, the sacraments, and the role of bishops.
His letters also serve as an example of early Christian theology.
This correspondence now forms a central part of the later collection known as the Apostolic Fathers.
En route to Rome, where he met his martyrdom, Ignatius wrote a series of letters.
Ignatius of Antioch was an early Christian writer and bishop of Antioch.
Augustine, impart such a knowledge of the soul.
Teresa and St.
Few works in ascetical literature, except the writings of St.
Ignatius.
The editors of the Stimmen Aus Maria Laach, the German review, as well as those of the English magazine, The Month, tell us that it, more than any other work, gives an insight into the spiritual life of St.
Ignatius, dictated by himself, is considered by the Bollandists the most valuable record of the great Founder of the Society of Jesus.
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