The Wisdom We Learn through the Apostles
Let us not, then, be insensible to his loving kindness. Certainly, if he were to imitate our way of acting, we should be done for instantly. We must, therefore, prove ourselves his disciples and learn to live like Christians. Assuredly, whoever is called by a name other than this, is not of God. Hence, put away the deteriorated leaven, a leaven stale and sour, and turn to the new leaven, that is, Jesus Christ. Be salted in him to keep any among you from being spoiled, for by your odor you will be tested.
Now this, dearly beloved…as one who is not your superior, I merely wish to warn you not to yield to the bait of false doctrine, but to believe most steadfastly in the birth, the Passion, and the Resurrection, which took place during the procuratorship of Pontius Pilate. Facts these are, real and established by Jesus Christ, our hope. May God grant that none of you may relinquish it!…
Be zealous, therefore, to stand squarely on the decrees of the Lord and the Apostles, that in all things whatsoever you may prosper, in body and in soul, in faith and in love, in the Son and the Father and the Spirit, in the beginning and the end.
Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Saint Ignatius of Antioch († c. 107) was from Syria and was a bishop and a martyr.
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