Ignatius of Antioch: A Martyr Bishop and the Origin of Episcopacy (T&T Clark Theology)

by Allen Brent (Author)

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  2009

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  Ignatius of Antioch (died c 115) is one of the Apostolic Fathers of the Christian Church. This book offers an account of the circumstances and the cultural context in which Ignatius constructed what became the historic church order of Christendom. It presents Ignatius as a controversial figure arising in the context of a church at war with itself.