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Martyrdom of Ignatius

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Chapter 4

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Chapter IV.—Ignatius writes to the churches.

And these things he thus spake, and thus testified, extending his

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love

to

Christ

so

far

as

one

who

was

about

to

secure

heaven

through

his

good

confession

,

and

the

earnestness

of

those

who

joined

their

prayers

to

his

in

regard

to

his

[

approaching

]

conflict

;

and

to

give

a

recompense

to

the

Churches

,

who

came

to

meet

him

through

their

rulers

,

sending

letters

of

thanksgiving

to

them

,

which

dropped

spiritual

grace

,

along

with

prayer

and

exhortation

.

Wherefore

,

seeing

all

men

so

kindly

affected

towards

him

,

and

fearing

lest

the

love

of

the

brotherhood

should

hinder

his

zeal

towards

the

Lord

,

while

a

fair

door

of

suffering

martyrdom

was

opened

to

him

,

he

wrote

to

the

Church

of

the

Romans

the

Epistle

which

is

here

subjoined

.

(See the Epistle as formerly given.)

Notes

20
The Latin version has, “that he was to.” [But compare the martyr’s Epistle to the Romans (cap. 5); “yet am I not thereby justified,” —a double reference to St. Paul’s doctrine, 1 Cor. iv. 4 and 1 Cor. xiii. 3. See also his quotation (Sept., Prov. xviii. 17). Epistle to Magnesians, cap 12.]
21
The punctuation and construction are here doubtful.
22
Or, “should prevent him from hastening to the Lord.”