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The Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 61

Chapter VII.--Reason of desiring to die.

… If I shall suffer, ye have loved me; but if I am rejected, ye have hated me. [871] Some refer this to Ignatius himself. [872] Gal. ii. 20. [873] Ps. cxvi. 12.

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 163

Canon Fourth. Of the ordination of a presbyter.

… Cyprian is the Ignatius of the West. We see in his works how truly historical are the writings of Ignatius, and how diffused was his simple and elementary system of organic unity. It embodies no …

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Fathers of the Second Century • SECTION 42

Chapter XL.--Moses More Ancient and Credible Than the Heathen Heroes.

… Paris, 1673.) Theophilus occupies an interesting position, after Ignatius, in the succession of faithful men who represented Barnabas and other prophets and teachers of Antioch, [522] in that ancient seat, from which comes our name …

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Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 156

Chapter XV. [2497] --Bishops and Deacons; Christian Reproof.

… 16, this series], and yet it is found in Ignatius. (3) The word cheirotoneo is here used in the sense of "elect" or "appoint" (by show of hands), and not in that of "ordain" (by …

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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 120

27. Conclusion.

… 11), and in earlier Fathers from Ignatius (Eph. 18 ekuophorethe hupo Marias kat' oikonomian, where Lightfoot refers to a more detailed history of the word in his unpublished note on Eph. i. 10) downwards (references …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 179

Pharetrius, Bishop of Cæsarea, an enemy to Chrysostom, [332]299.

… humility; prayer; self-condemnation, [394]190. Resurrection of Jesus Christ, evidence for, in the life of St. Ignatius, [395]139. Rich, the, often pay less heed than the poor to Holy Scripture, [396]235. Riches …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 24

Canon XVIII.

… course even at that early date there was nothing new in this doctrine of the Eucharist. St. Ignatius more than a century and a half before, wrote as follows: "But mark ye those who hold …

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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 13

(c) Materials for Reaction.

… Marcellus is a representative of the traditional theology of Asia Minor, as we find it in Ignatius and Irenæus (see above, pp. xxii.-xxiv., xxvi. fin.), and is independent of any influence of, or rather …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 48

Canon VII.

… things to give thanks to him, to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. St. Ignatius. (Epist. ad Polyc. 5, Lightfoot's translation.) Flee evil arts, or rather hold thou discourse about these …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 136

Book V.

… It would seem, as remarked by Lightfoot (Ignatius, I. p. 630), that Eusebius simply connected together the martyrdoms which he supposed occurred about this time, without intending to imply that they all took place in …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 190

Chapter III.

… Lightfoot, Ignatius v. 2. p. 295. [2351] Nazarenes=Nasaraei. See Smith and Wace s.v. [2352] Beroea some mss. read Veria and so Herding. The modern Aleppo. Chapter IV. Jude [2353] the brother of James …

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The Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 49

Chapter VII.--Do nothing without the bishop and presbyters.

… is here referred to, and have consequently inferred that this epistle could not have been written by Ignatius. [677] 1 Tim. i. 4. [678] 2 Cor. v. 17. [679] Some read hupostesanti, "that gave Him …

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Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 193

A Prayer for the New Fruits.

… Of Antioch, Euodius, ordained by me Peter; and Ignatius by Paul. Of Alexandria, Annianus was the first, ordained by Mark the evangelist; the second Avilius by Luke, who was also an evangelist. Of the church …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 188

Preface.

… Lucius Annæus Seneca. 13. Josephus, son of Matthias. 14. Justus of Tiberias. 15. Clemens the bishop. 16. Ignatius the bishop. 17. Polycarp the bishop. 18. Papias the bishop. 19. Quadratus the bishop. 20. Aristides the …

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Fathers of the Second Century • SECTION 337

TATIAN.

… follows Ignatius, 87. Barnabas, 87. prophets and teachers of Antioch, 87. oral discussions, 87. founder of Biblical chronology, 87, 106. his only remaining work, 87. sixth bishop of Antioch, 88. conjectural date of birth, 88 …

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