To: lightman
Lutherans have no quarrel with Ignatius of Antioch and Commemorate him on his traditional Western feast day of October 17.I had forgotten about him; he is one of the few martyrs to have died in the Colosseum by being thrown to the lions.
31 posted on
06/29/2014 4:33:19 AM PDT by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: chajin
I had forgotten about him; he is one of the few martyrs to have died in the Colosseum by being thrown to the lions. Aye, along that final journey the hieromartyr courageously wrote "let me be fodder for the wild beasts, that I may become a pure loaf for Christ".
32 posted on
06/29/2014 10:49:58 AM PDT by
lightman
(O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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