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elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-540cb39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"540cb39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6476f23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6476f23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/teacher-courses\/tertiary-drama\/dramatisation\/\"><i>Saint Ignatius Of Antioch<\/i><\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ea3e59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7ea3e59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b5a1e4 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4b5a1e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a3dc5e\" data-id=\"1a3dc5e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f908d56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f908d56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bishop and Martyr - 30 - 107 A.D.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c61cfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c61cfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">He was one of first Apostolic Fathers of the Church, together with Clement of Rome  and Polycarp<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2999799 animated-fast 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He was the second Bishop of Antioch (the first being Evodius). He was arrested (some writers believe that he must&#8217;ve been denounced by a fellow-Christian), condemned to death and transported to Rome to be thrown to the wild beasts in the arena.<\/p><p>In one of his letters he describes the soldiers who were escorting him as being like &#8220;ten\u00a0 leopards, who when they are kindly treated only behave worse.&#8221;\u00a0 In the course of his journey he wrote seven letters to various churches, in which it out wisely and deeply with Christ, the organisation of the church and Christian life. They are important documents for the early history of the Church and they also reveal a deeply holy man who accepts his fate and\u00a0 begs the\u00a0 Christians in Rome not to try to deprive him of the crown of martyrdom.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3555a7 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"f3555a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d460ce5\" data-id=\"d460ce5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfa71a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dfa71a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The name Ignatius means God-bearer.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d056fc4 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"d056fc4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8179ce6\" data-id=\"8179ce6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66b8fe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66b8fe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Ignatius was originally known as Ignatius Theophorous. He later seemed to drop the surname and went by the name of Ignatius.<\/p><p>Tradition has it that he was one of the little children that Jesus took in His arms and blessed.<\/p><p>Early church writings state that Ignatius was an early disciple of St. John the Evangelist. It may have been John who first introduced him to the deep revelations of the things of God. He and Polycarp were both students of John.<\/p><p>Tradition has it that the Apostle Peter ordained Ignatius as bishop of Antioch in AD 69. He oversaw the Antioch church for around 40 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c523825\" data-id=\"c523825\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f42ac7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f42ac7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/igantioch2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-29785\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/igantioch2.jpeg 469w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/igantioch2-235x300.jpeg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed25f95 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"ed25f95\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-380dc11\" data-id=\"380dc11\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f1c01f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f1c01f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He is quoted in the Catholic Catechism as saying:\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Neither the pleasures of the world nor the kingdoms of this age will be of any use to me.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is better for me to die in order to unite myself to Christ Jesus, than to reign over the ends of the earth.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I seek him who died for us; I desire him who rose for us.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My birth is approaching. . .&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96b6239 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"96b6239\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-872eea0\" data-id=\"872eea0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a136a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a136a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/damick.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-29938\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17dca40\" data-id=\"17dca40\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9109182 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9109182\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick is an American Orthodox Christian priest, who was converted from Protestantism to Orthodox Christianity by studying the life of Saint Ignatius,\u00a0has written an excellent biography entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s?k=bearing+god&amp;crid=2WK0WKCTP9LEQ&amp;sprefix=bearing+god+%2Caps%2C94&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_2\">God Bearing, the Life and Works of Saint Ignatius of Antioch<\/a>. I have necessarily drawn fairly heavily from this book.<\/p><p>On studying Ignatius Father Damick wrote, &#8220;I decided to become Orthodox. I was convinced not by some fast-talking apologist trying to get me to join his church, but rather by the words of a witness to the vitality of the Christian life taught by the apostles, from a time before all the competing schisms, heresies, and denominations up to our time.&#8221;<\/p><p>Of course we should remember that at the time of Ignatius the Catholic and Orthodox churches were one and the same.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ad7d60 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4ad7d60\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01c0fd2\" data-id=\"01c0fd2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0aca37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0aca37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Life of St. Ignatius of Antioch<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c03ccdc animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"c03ccdc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abf2eb2\" data-id=\"abf2eb2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b64619d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b64619d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Antioch was one of the first places where the Christian Church flourished. It dominated Syria, which in the Roman Empire was a larger region than the modern state.\u00a0 It was the home of the first Gentile church and\u00a0 was founded\u00a0 by the apostles, Peter and Paul. Peter may have been its first bishop and it was the home base for many of the apostles\u2019 missionary journeys, especially Paul&#8217;s.<\/p><p>After\u00a0 Peter\u2019s episcopacy which may have begun in\u00a0 AD 37 and lasted until roughly AD 53, the second bishop was St. Evodius, who served until 69. As reported by the early Church historian Eusebius of Caesarea, Evodius\u00a0 was succeeded by Ignatius.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afebffd\" data-id=\"afebffd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-263d327 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"263d327\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ancientantioch.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-29946\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ancientantioch.jpeg 449w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ancientantioch-300x182.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ancient Antioch<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f1cd21 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"2f1cd21\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fb9970\" data-id=\"4fb9970\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d4642a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d4642a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/JesusBlessingtheChildren2-737x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-29981\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/JesusBlessingtheChildren2-737x1024.jpeg 737w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/JesusBlessingtheChildren2-216x300.jpeg 216w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/JesusBlessingtheChildren2-768x1067.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/JesusBlessingtheChildren2.jpeg 921w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e22bb6c\" data-id=\"e22bb6c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-031d389 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"031d389\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0According to tradition, the first time we hear of Ignatius is in the Gospel of Matthew.<\/p><p>At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, \u201cWho then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?\u201d<\/p><p>Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, \u201cAssuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.\u201d (Matt. 18:1\u20134).<\/p><p>While Matthew does not give the name of this child, tradition claims the\u00a0 child is\u00a0 Ignatius, who was likely of Syrian origin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5011919 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"5011919\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bf23ff\" data-id=\"2bf23ff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7eeed7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7eeed7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Music: Ignatian Antiphon in English\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a42d95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_audio\" data-id=\"9a42d95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-29770-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatian-antiphon.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatian-antiphon.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatian-antiphon.mp3\">https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatian-antiphon.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-335cefa animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"335cefa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b96299\" data-id=\"9b96299\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4ffbca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4ffbca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One fascinating detail that is known from the time of Ignatius\u2019s episcopacy comes from Socrates Scholasticus\u2019s Ecclesiastical History, which notes that it was Ignatius who introduced antiphonal chanting to the Church. Socrates writes:<\/p><p>&#8220;We must now however make some allusion to the origin of this custom in the church of responsive singing. Ignatius saw a vision of angels hymning in alternate chants the Holy Trinity. Accordingly he introduced the mode of singing he had observed in the vision into the Antiochian church; whence it was transmitted by tradition to all the other churches.&#8221;<\/p><p>Music was clearly important to Ignatius, and he uses a musical metaphor in his epistle to the Ephesians<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ed2c86\" data-id=\"8ed2c86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d9dde6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6d9dde6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-21.40.32.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30017\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-21.40.32.png 456w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-21.40.32-300x280.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68a3411 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"68a3411\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-814b4b5\" data-id=\"814b4b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ae4484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ae4484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drobner.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-109538\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drobner.png 490w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drobner-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Father Hubertus Drobner<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11270d9\" data-id=\"11270d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380f408 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"380f408\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In his book &#8220;The Fathers of the Church&#8221; Father Hubertus Drobner lists three primary themes in his letters:<\/p><ol><li>Warnings against heresies, especially Docetism. The incarnation, death and resurrection of Christ, as well as his presence in the Eucharist, did not take place through a merely simulated external shape, but rather in the reality of the humanity of the Son of God.<\/li><li>The unity of the theology of trinitarian monotheism attested here for the first time.\u00a0 The earthly church is the reflection of the heavenly kingdom. It is structured hierarchically according to the pattern of the Trinity, under the leadership of the bishops, assisted by presbyters and deacons.\u00a0 The bishops presides over baptism, the Eucharist and the marriage ceremony and vouches for orthodoxy.<\/li><li>The yearning for matyrdom.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f235df3 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"f235df3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80d1892\" data-id=\"80d1892\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a31f7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a31f7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Excerpts from the Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-702d23f animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"702d23f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0616ada\" data-id=\"0616ada\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0060a0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0060a0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I do not issue orders to you, as if I were some great person. I simply speak to you as fellow-disciples. \u00a0I am far inferior to you, and require to be sanctified by your Church of Ephesus, so renowned throughout the world. Your justly renowned priests are to your bishop, as are the strings to the harp. Thus in your concord and harmonious brotherly love, Jesus Christ is sung. You are\u00a0 happy who are\u00a0 joined to your bishop as the Church is to Jesus Christ., and as Jesus Christ is to the Father, that so all things may agree in unity! Let no man deceive himself: if any one be not within the altar, he is deprived of the bread of God.\u00a0<\/p><p>Beware of false teachers For some are in the habit of using the name of Jesus Christ in wicked guile, while yet they practise things unworthy of God, whom ye must flee as ye would wild beasts. For they are ravening dogs, who bite secretly, against whom you must be on your guard.<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8fcece6\" data-id=\"8fcece6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ee3440 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ee3440\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"886\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-04-at-22.21.42.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-29792\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-04-at-22.21.42.png 921w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-04-at-22.21.42-271x300.png 271w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-04-at-22.21.42-768x851.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">This relief depicts a Roman  ship  around 200 A.D.. The rig of the ship on which Saint Ignatius sailed probably resembled this one<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b63355 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"1b63355\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0f2f4d\" data-id=\"c0f2f4d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30669d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30669d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Three celebrated mysteries\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b0f04e animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"6b0f04e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ac7807\" data-id=\"7ac7807\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f286e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f286e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-17.32.13-1024x965.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-29880\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-17.32.13-1024x965.png 1024w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-17.32.13-300x283.png 300w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-17.32.13-768x724.png 768w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-17.32.13.png 1425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Our Lady of Czestochowa<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c45c3d4\" data-id=\"c45c3d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71fcebc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71fcebc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0The virginity of Mary was hidden from the prince of this world, as was also her offspring, and the death of the Lord; three mysteries of renown, which were wrought in silence by God. How was He manifested to the world? A star shone in heaven above all the other stars, the light of which was inexpressible. Its novelty struck men with astonishment. And all the rest of the stars, with the sun and moon, formed a chorus to this star. And there was agitation felt as to whence this new spectacle came, so unlike everything else in the heavens. Hence every kind of magic was destroyed, and every bond of wickedness disappeared; ignorance was removed, and the old kingdom abolished, God Himself being manifested in human form for the renewal of eternal life.\u00a0 Henceforth all things were in a state of tumult, because He mediated the abolition of death.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3a4c1a animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"c3a4c1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f106805\" data-id=\"f106805\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36809ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36809ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn conclusion pray  for the Church which is in Syria, whence I am led bound to Rome, being the last of\nthe faithful who are there, even as I have been thought worthy to be chosen to show forth the honour of God. Farewell in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, our common hope.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aeb320e animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"aeb320e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-065b634\" data-id=\"065b634\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c2a812 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c2a812\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn AD 107  the Emperor Trajan began a general persecution of Christians , declaring that they should partake in pagan sacrifices or be killed. Trajan had enjoyed a number of big victories, and he believed the pagan gods had made it possible. Thus, worshiping them was an act of patriotism. Christians&#8217;  worship of Christ was interpreted as defiance against the empire. Ignatius\u2019s response  was to preach the Gospel ever more fervently, to urge pagans to become Christians and to give courage to Christians who would not adulterate their faith with the worship of false gods. Word of Ignatius\u2019s defiance of the imperial edict reached the emperor\u2019s ears, and the bishop was arrested and brought before Trajan himself while he was sojourning in Antioch for the winter. \n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-615d332\" data-id=\"615d332\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e86baca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e86baca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/trajan.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30043\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Emperor Trajan<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce809b8 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"ce809b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65bed13\" data-id=\"65bed13\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74fb5bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74fb5bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatiusPiastrilli.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30075\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatiusPiastrilli.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatiusPiastrilli-300x179.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatiusPiastrilli-768x458.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A fresco of Ignatius and Trajan from San Clemente.in Rome.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0fbaf4\" data-id=\"b0fbaf4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3b4fee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3b4fee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A traditional account of Ignatius\u2019s life, relates his confrontation with each other;<\/p><p>Trajan asked, \u201cWho art\u00a0 thou, thou wretched devil, so ready to disobey our royal orders?\u201d Ignatius answered, \u201cNo one who bears God can be called a\u00a0 devil.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cWe too have gods in our hearts, since they are allies against our enemies?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cYour\u00a0 nation&#8217;s gods are demons. There is only one God Who created the heaven and earth and the sea and all things that are therein, and one Christ Jesus, the only-begotten Son of the God and Father.\u201d \u201cDo you speak , of the one Who was crucified by Pontius Pilate?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI speak of Him Who\u00a0 puts down the principalities and the powers, triumphing over them.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e68006 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"8e68006\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b07e9b9\" data-id=\"b07e9b9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc8be0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc8be0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Trajan\u00a0 offered Ignatius the opportunity to become a high priest of Zeus, if only he would render homage to Trajan\u2019s gods, making Ignatius first among the emperor\u2019s inner circle.\u00a0 Ignatius replied that emperors should only offer favours\u00a0 beneficial to their recipients, and that this \u201cfavour\u201d would bring \u201ccondemnation and everlasting punishment.\u201d Trajan threatened him with every kind of punishment, but Ignatius says that the very aim and purpose of his life was to go to Christ by a painful death, since the Lord had suffered such things for him. He went on to\u00a0 mock Trajan&#8217;s pagan deities.<\/p><p>The emperor\u2019s response was to order him put in chains to be transported to Rome and torn apart by wild beasts as a public spectacle. He did not want him martyred in Antioch because of the honour his flock would show him, supposing that if he were transported a long distance away, Ignatius would die in obscurity.\u00a0 Scholars consider Ignatius&#8217; transport to Rome unusual, since those persecuted as Christians would be expected to be punished locally.\u00a0<\/p><p>He was escorted to Rome by a company of ten Roman soldiers, whom he called &#8220;leopards.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c604ac\" data-id=\"4c604ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35651be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35651be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jupiter_Smyrna_Louvre_Ma13-492x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30188\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jupiter_Smyrna_Louvre_Ma13-492x1024.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jupiter_Smyrna_Louvre_Ma13-144x300.jpeg 144w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jupiter_Smyrna_Louvre_Ma13-768x1600.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jupiter_Smyrna_Louvre_Ma13-737x1536.jpeg 737w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jupiter_Smyrna_Louvre_Ma13-983x2048.jpeg 983w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jupiter_Smyrna_Louvre_Ma13-scaled.jpeg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Zeus statue discovered at Smyrna<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67737ad animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"67737ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cda5e2f\" data-id=\"cda5e2f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8698e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8698e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"369\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatius-map.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-29897\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatius-map.jpeg 369w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatius-map-300x111.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Map of Ignatius' Journeys<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce69e1a\" data-id=\"ce69e1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-781e73a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"781e73a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0They travelled\u00a0 sometimes by boat and sometimes by land. They stopped for an extended rest at\u00a0 Smyrna, where he was received with great joy by his friend Polycarp,\u00a0 the local bishop, having been appointed there by the apostles themselves. While there, Ignatius,\u00a0 was visited by delegations from neighboring Christian communities, including Onesimus, the bishop of Ephesus. Possibly Onesimus was the runaway slave\u00a0 introduced in Paul\u2019s Epistle to Philemon. He would be martyred later by stoning.\u00a0 During his time in Smyrna, Ignatius wrote four epistles, three to churches in Asia Minor\u2014Ephesus, Magnesia, and Tralles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4501f6e animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4501f6e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0aae40d\" data-id=\"0aae40d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2d7e0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2d7e0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Excerpts from the Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e67b8c1 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"e67b8c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-02371c3\" data-id=\"02371c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86b802c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86b802c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Museum_of_Manisa.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30224\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Roman remains from Magnesia, (present day Manisa in  Turkey)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f92982f\" data-id=\"f92982f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bf5640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bf5640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Ignatius\u2019s time there were still Jews,\u00a0 who taught the Church was not remaining Jewish enough. Ignatius addressed this in his epistle to the Magnesians:<\/p><p>\u201cDo not be deceived\u00a0 by antiquated myths. For if we are still living in conformity with Judaism, we acknowledge that we have not received grace.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p>For Ignatius Christianity was the fulfillment of Judaism. He claims the prophets were not for the Israel of the Old Covenant, but for the Church:<\/p><p>&#8220;The prophets were persecuted for\u00a0 living in conformity with Christ Jesus; but they were\u00a0 inspired by grace to convince the disobedient that there is one God, manifested through Jesus Christ his Son, who is his Word which proceeded from silence.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c61878 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"2c61878\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6e79e3\" data-id=\"f6e79e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-65662f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65662f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-689b4a2\" data-id=\"689b4a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-560c217 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"560c217\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNote: On this subject I would recommend reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Salvation-Jews-Judaism-History-Abraham\/dp\/089870975X\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=394OZ5D7K5V31&#038;keywords=salvation+is+from+the+jews&#038;qid=1665488980&#038;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&#038;s=books&#038;sprefix=salvation+is+%2Cstripbooks%2C79&#038;sr=1-1\">Salvation is of the Jews<\/a> by Roy Schoeman\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c21e2d8 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"c21e2d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76067da\" data-id=\"76067da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63c1e7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63c1e7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Excerpts from the Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de580ac animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"de580ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe879e1\" data-id=\"fe879e1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1644f86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1644f86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In his letter to the Philadelphians (today&#8217;s Alasehir in Turkey), where a division had arisen over how Christianity related to Judaism, Ignatius affirms the value of the Jewish prophets, claiming them for the Church, even speaking of them as if they were apostles of Jesus:<\/p><p>The prophets we also love because by their proclamation\u00a0 they relate to the gospel and they\u00a0 were waiting for Christ . By believing in Jesus Christ they were saved. Worthy of love and admiration, they are saints, attested by Jesus Christ and numbered together with us in the gospel of the common hope.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb1ef64\" data-id=\"cb1ef64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f00b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17f00b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Alas\u0327ehir_Church_of_St._John_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30237\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Alas\u0327ehir_Church_of_St._John_2.jpg 580w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Alas\u0327ehir_Church_of_St._John_2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Alas\u0327ehir_Church_of_St._John_2-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Church of St John, Philadelphia, the site of one of the seven churches referred to in Revelations. This city of 'brotherly love' gave its name to Philadelphia in the USA<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-476efae animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"476efae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3376c7\" data-id=\"b3376c7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6172a29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6172a29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"902\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatius-coliseum-908x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30813\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatius-coliseum-908x1024.png 908w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatius-coliseum-266x300.png 266w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatius-coliseum-768x866.png 768w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ignatius-coliseum.png 1124w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11d61ae\" data-id=\"11d61ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f6db59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f6db59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The journey to Rome continued over land, through Macedonia and Illyria, now roughly parts of Greece and Albania, and Ignatius and his captors boarded a boat at the port city of Dyrrhachium, the modern Albanian city of Durr\u00ebs. From there, they sailed to Neapolis, modern day Napoli (or Naples) in Italy. Upon his arrival in Rome, Ignatius was taken to the Colosseum, the site of numerous martyrdoms of Christians during pagan Roman rule.<\/p><p>There, in that most famous of amphitheatres, which could hold up to fifty thousand spectators, the great bishop of Antioch was torn apart by lions, all the while joyfully praising the emperor for the opportunity to be martyred.<\/p><p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46e5548 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"46e5548\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-860896a\" data-id=\"860896a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74af336 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74af336\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After Ignatius yielded up his life, the Emperor Trajan heard how he had died. It is said that Trajan came to revere Ignatius and all Christians, how they\u00a0 \u00a0prayed through the night and were merciful to the suffering. Because they posed no threat to the empire, Trajan felt remorse for his prior treatment and enacted a law that ended persecution of Christians by execution. Ignatius thus went from serving the Christians in Antioch\u00a0 to serving all the Christians throughout the Roman Empire. And now his martyric witness, as well as the letters he left behind, inspires Christians throughout the whole world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78d7ab1\" data-id=\"78d7ab1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-161fda3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"161fda3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/colisseumlion-1024x622.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30824\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/colisseumlion-1024x622.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/colisseumlion-300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/colisseumlion-768x467.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/colisseumlion.jpeg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-caaa685 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"caaa685\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3d835d\" data-id=\"c3d835d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2df21f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2df21f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBefore he died he said : \u201cI am God&#8217;s wheat, and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bc5f3e animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"3bc5f3e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7ac2e6\" data-id=\"d7ac2e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a14fec9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a14fec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Together with <a href=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/teacher-courses\/tertiary-drama\/spiritual\/benedict\/\">Benedict of Nursia<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/teacher-courses\/tertiary-drama\/spiritual\/therese-of-lisieux\/\">Therese of Lisieux<\/a> and Francis of Assisi, Ignatius is a patron of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comunitafiglididio.net\/en\/\">Community of the Sons and Daughters of God.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-76d5f84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"76d5f84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f964f43\" 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Fathers<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c0cf5d elementor-align-center animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7c0cf5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/learnetd.com\/teachers\/teacher-courses\/tertiary-drama\/spiritual\/polycarp\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M257.5 445.1l-22.2 22.2c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L7 273c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L201.4 44.7c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l22.2 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class=\"elementor-button-text\">Justin Martyr<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Ignatius Of Antioch Bishop and Martyr &#8211; 30 &#8211; 107 A.D. He was one of first Apostolic Fathers of the Church, together with Clement of Rome and Polycarp He was the second Bishop of Antioch (the first being Evodius). 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