Ignatius to the Romans
Ignatius of Antioch
Chapter 4
About this work
Written ahead to the Roman church, this letter asks Christians not to prevent Ignatius’s martyrdom and offers an unusually personal meditation on discipleship, suffering, and union with Christ.
- Author
- Ignatius of Antioch
- Date
- c. AD 105–115
- Origin
- Asia Minor
- Genre
- Letter
This taxonomy follows the commonly accepted middle-recension collection of seven Ignatian letters.
Chapter IV.—Allow me to fall a prey to the wild beasts.
I write to all the Churches, and impress on them