This account of the 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.
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.
Few works in ascetical literature, except the writings of St.
Teresa and St.
Augustine, impart such a knowledge of the soul.
Ignatius of Antioch was an early Christian writer and bishop of Antioch.
En route to Rome, where he met his martyrdom, Ignatius wrote a series of letters.
This correspondence now forms a central part of the later collection known as the Apostolic Fathers.
His letters also serve as an example of early Christian theology.
Important topics they address include ecclesiology, the sacraments, and the role of bishops.
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.
Nothing is known of Ignatius' life apart from what may be inferred internally from his letters, except from late spurious traditions.
It is said Ignatius converted to Christianity at a young age.
Tradition identifies Ignatius, along with his friend Polycarp, as disciples of John the Apostle.
Later in his life, Ignatius was chosen to serve as Bishop of Antioch; the fourth-century Church historian Eusebius writes that Ignatius succeeded Evodius.
In an attempt to make his apostolic succession even more immediate, Theodoret of Cyrrhus claimed that St.
Peter himself left directions that Ignatius be appointed to the episcopal see of Antioch.
Ignatius called himself Theophorus (God Bearer).
A tradition arose that he was one of the children whom Jesus took in his arms and blessed.
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.
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