While en route to Rome, where he met his martyrdom, Ignatius wrote a series of letters. This correspondence forms a central part of a later collection of works by the Apostolic Fathers. He is …

Nov 5, 2025 · St. Ignatius of Antioch was a bishop of Antioch who is known mainly from seven highly regarded letters that he wrote during a trip to Rome, as a prisoner condemned to be executed for his …

Oct 17, 2025 · Ignatius is the first to use the word katholicos, or universal, to describe the Body of the Lord, the Church wherever it is gathered around a bishop assisted by his priests and deacons: …

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Born in the 1st century, Saint Ignatius of Antioch was a disciple of Saint John. An exemplar of piety and a model of virtues, he was arrested by the Romans and sent to Rome to be thrown to the beasts in …

It was Bishop Ignatius who first used the term “catholic” to describe the whole Church. These letters connect us to the early Church and the unbroken, clear teaching of the Apostles which was given to …

5 days ago · Ignatius led the Christians of Antioch during the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian, the first of the emperors to proclaim his divinity by adopting the title “Lord and God.”

Ignatius of Antioch was an influential figure within the early Christian community, generally considered to have lived in the late first and early second centuries AD.

Ignatius of Loyola is elected the first general of the Society of Jesus. He is the chief administrator of the rapidly growing order, and he devotes his time to writing the Constitutions of the Order and to the …

Oct 17, 2025 · Born in Syria, Saint Ignatius of Antioch converted to Christianity and eventually became bishop of Antioch. In the year 107, Emperor Trajan visited Antioch and forced the Christians there to …