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Ignatius to Tarsians

Anonymous Pseudo-Ignatian compiler

Chapter 1

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Author: Anonymous Pseudo-Ignatian compiler

Chapter I.—His own sufferings: exhortation to stedfastness.

From Syria even unto Rome I fight with beasts: not that

‹ The Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians Chapter 2 ›

I

am

devoured

by

brute

beasts

,

for

these

,

as

ye

know

,

by

the

will

of

God

,

spared

Daniel

,

but

by

beasts

in

the

shape

of

men

,

in

whom

the

merciless

wild

beast

himself

lies

hid

,

and

pricks

and

wounds

me

day

by

day

.

But

none

of

these

hardships

“

move

me

,

neither

count

I

my

life

dear

unto

myself

,

”

in

such

a

way

as

to

love

it

better

than

the

Lord

.

Wherefore

I

am

prepared

for

[

encountering

]

fire

,

wild

beasts

,

the

sword

or

the

cross

,

so

that

only

I

may

see

Christ

my

Saviour

and

God

,

who

died

for

me

.

I

therefore

,

the

prisoner

of

Christ

,

who

am

driven

along

by

land

and

sea

,

exhort

you

:

“

stand

fast

in

the

faith

,

”

and

be

ye

steadfast

,

“

for

the

just

shall

live

by

faith

;

”

be

ye

unwavering

,

for

“

the

Lord

causes

those

to

dwell

in

a

house

who

are

of

one

and

the

same

character

.

”

Notes

1
Acts xx. 24.
2
1 Cor. xvi. 13.
3
Hab. ii. 4; Gal. iii. 11.
4
Ps. lxviii. 7 (after the LXX).