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Martyrdom of Ignatius

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Chapter 7

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Chapter VII.—Ignatius appears in a vision after his death.

Now these things took place on the thirteenth day before the Kalends of

January

,

that

is

,

on

the

twentieth

of

December

,

Sura

and

Senecio

being

then

the

consuls

of

the

Romans

for

the

second

time

.

Having

ourselves

been

eye

-

witnesses

of

these

things

,

and

having

spent

the

whole

night

in

tears

within

the

house

,

and

having

entreated

the

Lord

,

with

bended

knees

and

much

prayer

,

that

He

would

give

us

weak

men

full

assurance

respecting

the

things

which

were

done

,

it

came

to

pass

,

on

our

falling

into

a

brief

slumber

,

that

some

of

us

saw

the

blessed

Ignatius

suddenly

standing

by

us

and

embracing

us

,

while

others

beheld

him

again

praying

for

us

,

and

others

still

saw

him

dropping

with

sweat

,

as

if

he

had

just

come

from

his

great

labour

,

and

standing

by

the

Lord

.

When

,

therefore

,

we

had

with

great

joy

witnessed

these

things

,

and

had

compared

our

several

visions

together

,

we

sang

praise

to

God

,

the

giver

of

all

good

things

,

and

expressed

our

sense

of

the

happiness

of

the

holy

[

martyr

]

;

and

now

we

have

made

known

to

you

both

the

day

and

the

time

[

when

these

things

happened

]

,

that

,

assembling

ourselves

together

according

to

the

time

of

his

martyrdom

,

we

may

have

fellowship

with

the

champion

and

noble

martyr

of

Christ

,

who

trod

under

foot

the

devil

,

and

perfected

the

course

which

,

out

of

love

to

Christ

,

he

had

desired

,

in

Christ

Jesus

our

Lord

;

by

whom

,

and

with

whom

,

be

glory

and

power

to

the

Father

,

with

the

Holy

Spirit

,

for

evermore

!

Amen

.

Notes

37
[The Greeks celebrate this martyrdom, to this day, on the twentieth of December.]
38
To the effect, viz., that the martyrdom of Ignatius had been acceptable to God.
39
Literally, “the visions of the dreams.”