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“Take heed 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.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Giving #Unity #Together
“It is better for me to die in behalf of Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Jesus #Earth #Reign
“We recognize a tree by its fruit, and we ought to be able to recognize a Christian by his action. The fruit of faith should be evident in our lives, for being a Christian is more than making sound professions of faith. It should reveal itself in practical and visible ways. Indeed it is better to keep quiet about our beliefs, and live them out, than to talk eloquently about what we believe, but fail to live by it.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Christian #Believe #Tree
“No earthly pleasures, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire. Do not talk about Jesus Christ as long as you love this world.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Faith #Jesus #Inspiration
“For some are in the habit of carrying about the name in wicked guile, while they still practice things unworthy of God. You must flee these as you would wild beasts. For they are ravening dogs, who bite secretly, against whom you must be on your guard, since they are men who can scarcely be cured.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Sarcastic #Dog #Men
“It is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Real #Being Real #Silent
“But look at the men who have those perverted notions about the grace of Jesus Christ which has come down to us, and see how contrary to the mind of God they are. . . . They even abstain from the Eucharist and from the public prayers, because they will not admit that the Eucharist is the self-same body of our Savior Jesus Christ which flesh suffered for our sins, and which the Father of His goodness raised up again.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Jesus #Prayer #Father
“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.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Faith #Inspiration #Dwelling
“My dear Jesus, my Savior, is so deeply written in my heart, that I feel confident, that if my heart were to be cut open and chopped to pieces, the name of Jesus would be found written on every piece.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Jesus #Heart #Cutting
“I would rather die for Christ than rule the whole earth.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Missionary #Earth #Christ
“Christianity is greatest when it is hated by the world.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#World #Christianity #Hated
“A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Christian #Saint #Masters
“Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men...For cannot he that falls rise again?”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Fall #Men #Praying
“Do not have Jesus Christ on your lips, and the world in your heart.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Jesus #Heart #World
“Now I begin to be a disciple. Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts, broken bones, dismemberment come upon me, so long as I attain to Jesus Christ.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Jesus #Fire #Long
“Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Jesus #Catholic #Church
“Take care, then, to be firmly grounded in the teachings of the Lord and his apostles so that you may prosper in all your doings both in body and in soul, in faith and in love, in the Son, and in the Father and in the Spirit, in the beginning and in the end, along with your most worthy bishop and his spiritual crown, your presbyters, and with the deacons, who are men of God.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Spiritual #Father #Teaching
“Be obedient to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was in the flesh to the Father, and the apostles to Christ and to the Father and to the Spirit, so that there may be unity in flesh and in spirit.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Jesus #Father #Unity
“The Lord did nothing either of himself or through his apostles without his Father, with whom he is united; so too, you should undertake nothing without the bishop and the presbyters priests.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Father #Bishops #Lord
“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.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Christian #Men #And Love
“I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this world. I want only God's bread, which is the Flesh of Jesus Christ, formed of the seed of David, and for drink I crave His Blood which is love that cannot perish.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Jesus #Blood #Delight
“It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Christian #Names #Want
“I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ ...; I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Jesus #Blood #Long
“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

#Clever #Fall #Humility
“Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Jesus #Men #Names
“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.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Jesus #Struggle #Fire
“Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Deceiving #Deceived
“Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Long #Suffering #Spirit
“I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth. Him I seek who died for us; Him I love who rose again because of us.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Jesus #Kings #Rose
“Your accord and harmonious love is a hymn to Jesus Christ...in perfect harmony, and taking your pitch from God, you may sing in unison and in one voice to the Father through Jesus Christ.”
-- Ignatius of Antioch

#Jesus #Father #Love Is

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