Zitate und Sprüche von Ignatius of Antioch

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.

Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.

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.

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.

I am God's wheat, and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.