St. Ignatius of Antioch > Quotes

“Do your diligence therefore to meet together more frequently for thanksgiving to God and for His glory. For when ye meet together frequently, the powers of Satan are cast down; and his mischief cometh to nought in the concord of your faith. There is nothing better than peace, in which all warfare of things in heaven and things on earth is abolished.”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“Nothing visible is good. For our God Jesus Christ, being in the Father, is the more plainly visible. The Work is not of persuasiveness, but Christianity is a thing of might, whensoever it is hated by the world.”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“I endure all things, seeing that He Himself enableth me, who is perfect Man.”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“If any one fasts on the Lord's Day or on the Sabbath, except on the paschal Sabbath only, he is a murderer of Christ.”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“A Christian hath no authority over himself, but giveth his time to God.”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“But”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“Hasten to come together all of you”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles

“Let none of you be found a deserter. Let your baptism abide with you as your shield; your faith as your helmet; your love as your spear; your patience as your body armour. Let your works be your deposits, that ye may receive your assets due to you. Be ye therefore long-suffering one with another in gentleness, as God is with. May I have joy of you always.”
― St. Ignatius of Antioch, The Epistles of St. Ignatius of Antioch: 7 Letters of an Apostolic Father to the Early Churches