Ignatius of Antioch > Quotes

“It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but to actually be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name...Come fire, cross, battling with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs, crushing of my whole body, cruel tortures of the Devil--Only let me get to Jesus Christ!”
― Ignatius

“Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men...For cannot he that falls rise again?”
― Ignatius of Antioch

“I would rather die for Christ than rule the whole earth.”
― Ignatius of Antioch

“Do not have Jesus Christ on your lips, and the world in your hearts.”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Romans

“Permit me to imitate my suffering God... I am God's wheat and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch

“But pray unceasingly also for the rest of men, for they offer ground for hoping that they may be converted and win their way to God. Give them an opportunity therefore, of becoming your disciples. Meet their angry outbursts with your own gentleness, their boastfulness with your humility, their revilings with your prayers, their error with your constancy in the faith, their harshness with your meekness; and beware of trying to match their example.”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch

“Stand like a beaten anvil.
It is the part of a good athlete to be bruised and to prevail.”
― Ignatius of Antioch, The Epistles of Ignatius and Polycarp

“Labour together with one another; strive in company together; run together; suffer together; sleep together; and awake together, as the stewards, and associates, [1101] and servants of God. Please ye Him under whom ye fight, and from whom ye receive your wages. Let none of you be found a deserter. Let your baptism endure as your arms; your faith as your helmet; your love as your spear; your patience as a complete panoply. Let your works be the charge [1102] assigned to you, that ye may receive a worthy recompense. Be long-suffering, therefore, with one another, in meekness, as God is towards you. May I have joy of you for ever! [1103] Give”
― Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“I offer my life's breath for the sake of the Cross, which is a stumbling block to the unbelievers, but to us it is salvation and eternal life.”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Ephesians

“He who is devout to the Mother of God will certainly never be lost.”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch

“It is better to keep silence and be something than to talk and be nothing.”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Ephesians

“The proper thing, then, is not merely to be styled Christians, but also to be such.”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch

“Study, therefore, to be established in the doctrines of the Lord and the apostles, that so all things, whatsoever ye do, may prosper both in the flesh and spirit; in faith and love; in the Son, and in the Father, and in the Spirit; in the beginning and in the end; with your most admirable bishop, and the well-compacted spiritual crown of your presbytery, and the deacons who are according to God. Be ye subject to the bishop, and to one another, as Jesus Christ to the Father, according to the flesh, and the apostles to Christ, and to the Father, and to the Spirit; that so there may be a union both fleshly and spiritual. Study,”
― Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“For where there is division and wrath, God doth not dwell.”
― Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Philadelphia

“I am the wheat of God. May I be ground up by the teeth of the wild beasts until I become the fine bread of Christ. My sinful passions are crucified, there is no burning in my flesh. A stream murmurs and flows deep down inside me. It says: Come to the Father.”
― Ignatius of Antioch

“Faltam-nos muitas coisas para que Deus não nos falte.”
― Inácio de Antioquia, Patrística - Padres Apostólicos

“Sede, portanto, surdos quando alguém vos fala sem Jesus Cristo, da linhagem de Davi, nascido de Maria, que verdadeiramente nasceu, que comeu e bebeu, que foi verdadeiramente perseguido sob Pôncio Pilatos, que foi verdadeiramente crucificado e morreu à vista do céu, da terra e dos infernos. Ele realmente ressuscitou dos mortos, pois o Seu Pai O ressuscitou, e da mesma forma o Seu Pai ressuscitará em Jesus Cristo também a nós, que Nele cremos e sem o qual não temos a verdadeira vida.”
― Inácio de Antioquia, Patrística - Padres Apostólicos

“And do ye also pray for me, who have need of your love, along with the mercy of God, that I may be thought worthy to attain the lot for which I am now designed, and that I may not be found reprobate.”
― Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“When he is hated by the world, he is beloved of God.”
― Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“Necessito de mansidão, que pode destruir o príncipe deste mundo.”
― Inácio de Antioquia, Patrística - Padres Apostólicos

“Sejam submissos ao bispo e também uns aos outros, assim como Jesus Cristo Se submeteu, na carne, ao Pai, e os apóstolos se submeteram a Cristo, ao Pai e ao Espírito, a fim de que haja união, tanto física como espiritual.”
― Inácio de Antioquia, Patrística - Padres Apostólicos

“Now I begin to be a disciple. And let no one, of things visible or invisible, envy [853] me that I should attain to Jesus Christ. Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings, [854] breakings, and dislocations of bones; let cutting off of members; let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the dreadful [855] torments of the devil come upon me: only let me attain to Jesus Christ. From”
― Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“The times call upon thee to pray. For as the wind aids the pilot of a ship, and as havens are advantageous for safety to a tempest-tossed vessel, so is also prayer to thee, in order that thou mayest attain to God.”
― Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“But if, as some that are without God, that is, the unbelieving, say, that He only seemed to suffer (they themselves only seeming to exist), then why am I in bonds? Why do I long to be exposed to [796] the wild beasts? Do I therefore die in vain? [797] Am I not then guilty of falsehood [798] against [the cross of] the Lord? But”
― Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“Jesus Christ, who was with the Father before the worlds and appeared at the end of time.”
― Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Magnesians

“Rezai sem cessar pelos outros homens, pois neles há esperança de conversão, a fim de que alcancem a Deus. Deixai que, ao menos por vossas obras, eles se tornem vossos discípulos.”
― Inácio de Antioquia, Patrística - Padres Apostólicos

“O cristianismo, ao ser odiado pelo mundo, mostra que não é obra de persuasão, mas de grandeza.”
― Inácio de Antioquia, Patrística - Padres Apostólicos

“For if the Lord were in the body in appearance only, and were crucified in appearance only, then am I also bound in appearance only. And why have I also surrendered myself to death, to fire, to the sword, to the wild beasts? But, [in fact,] I endure all things for Christ, not in appearance only, but in reality, that I may suffer together with Him, while He Himself inwardly strengthens me; for of myself I have no such ability. [1001]”
― Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“For what does it profit, if any one commends me, but blasphemes my Lord, not owning Him to be God incarnate?”
― Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“Como dizem alguns desses ateus, isto é, infiéis, se Jesus sofreu apenas aparentemente — eles que vivem apenas em aparência — então, por que estou acorrentado? Por que desejar a luta contra as feras? Será por nada que estou me entregando à morte? Então, estou mentindo contra o Senhor.”
― Inácio de Antioquia, Patrística - Padres Apostólicos