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"22 Ignatius of Antioch Quotes & Sayings

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Died: 6 July 108 AD | Clergyman | Writer |

Permit me to imitate my suffering God... I am God's wheat and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.

Permit Imitate Teeth Pure
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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.

Again Because Christ Come
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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.

Christ Death Desire Died
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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.

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

Am Beasts Become Bread
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It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.
Christ Jesus Jesus Christ Judaism
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Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.

Appears Bishop Catholic Catholic Church
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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.

Attain Beasts Begin Bones
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Even the heavenly powers and the angels in their splendor and the principalities, both visible and invisible, must either believe in the Blood of Christ, or else face damnation.

Angels Believe Blood Both
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Let no rank puff up anyone; for faith and love are paramount - the greatest blessings in the world.
Anyone Blessings Faith Greatest
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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.

Apostles Bishop Christ Commandment
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Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.

Command God Reverence Would
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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.

Am Beasts Churches Die
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Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.

Animals Christ God Making
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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.

Any Deceive Deceived Devoted
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Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.

Condemnation Fear God Let Us
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Nothing is more precious than peace, by which all war, both in Heaven and Earth, is brought to an end.

Both Brought Earth End
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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.

Because Christ Empowers Endure
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Even though I be bound in the Name, I have not yet become perfected in Jesus Christ.
Become Bound Christ Even
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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.

Christ Death First Flesh
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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.

Cannot Even Faith Flesh
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Nothing is better than peace, by which all warfare of heavenly and earthly foes is brought to naught.

Better Brought Earthly Foes
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Ignatius of Antioch Quotes & Sayings