Ignatius of Antioch quotes

Christianity is not a matter of persuading people of particular ideas, but of inviting them to share in the greatness of Christ. So pray that I may never fall into the trap of impressing people with clever speech, but instead I may learn to speak with humility, desiring only to impress people with Christ himself. (Ignatius of Antioch)
Do not have Jesus Christ on your lips, and the world in your heart. View quote
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It is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real. View quote
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I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian. View quote
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It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is impossible to receive forgiveness before confessing his trespasses. View quote
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Take note of those who spout false opinions about the gracious gift of Jesus Christ that has come to us, and see how they are opposed to the mind of God. They have no interest in love, in the widow, the orphan, the oppressed, the one who is in chains or the one set free, the one who is hungry or the one who thirsts. View quote
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You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you would the Apostles; reverence the deacons as you would God's commandment. View quote
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Let not office puff up any man; for faith and love are all in all, and nothing is preferred before them. View quote
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I watch over you betimes to protect you from wild beasts in human form. View quote
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Let no man's place, or dignity, or riches, puff him up; and let no man's low condition or poverty abase him. For the chief points are faith towards God, hope towards Christ, the enjoyment of those good things for which we look, and love towards God and our neighbor. View quote
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Even though I be bound in the Name, I have not yet become perfected in Jesus Christ. (Ignatius of Antioch)
I am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for God if only you do not stand in my way... Let me be food for the wild beasts, for they are my way to God. View quote
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Nothing is more precious than peace, by which all war, both in Heaven and Earth, is brought to an end. View quote
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Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church. View quote
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Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith. View quote
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[Jesus] was born and baptized that by his suffering he might purify the water. View quote
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I have many deep thoughts in God, but I take my own measure, lest I perish by boasting... For I myself, though I am in chains and can comprehend heavenly things, the ranks of the angels and the hierarchy of principalities, things visible and invisible, for all this I am not yet a disciple. View quote
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Do everything as if He were dwelling in us. Thus we shall be His temples and He will be within us as our God - as He actually is. View quote
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They that are of the flesh cannot do the works of the Spirit, neither can they that are spiritual do the works of the flesh, even as faith cannot do the works of unbelief, nor unbelief the works of faith. View quote
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Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God. View quote
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Christianity is greatest when it is hated by the world. (Ignatius of Antioch)
It is better for me to die in behalf of Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth. View quote
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A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God. View quote
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There is one Physician, of flesh and of spirit, originate and unoriginate, God in man, true Life in death, son of Mary and son of God, first passible and then impassible: Jesus Christ our Lord. View quote
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May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs - let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ. View quote
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