The Church of the Early Fathers

[Michie]

*You are in the Catholic forum*

Some time around the year A.D. 107, a short, sharp persecution of the Church of Christ resulted in the arrest of the bishop of Antioch of Syria. His name was Ignatius. According to one of the harsh penal practices of the Roman Empire of the day, the good bishop was condemned to be delivered up to wild beasts in the arena in the capital city. The insatiable public appetite for bloodily spectacle meant a chronically short supply of victims; prisoners were thus sent off to Rome to help fill the need.

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The Church of the Early Fathers

 

[prodromos]

No major entity known to history has ever been called “the Christian Church.” This term only came into use recently by people unwilling to concede that the Catholic Church-that is, the visible, historic community of professing Christians subject in their place of residence to a local bishop in communion with the bishop of Rome-is the organic successor Church to the one undivided Christian body.

The article was going well until the bolded text, which is nowhere found in the epistles of Ignatius. Up until then it was an apology for the Orthodox Church.

 

[thecolorsblend]

The article was going well until the bolded text, which is nowhere found in the epistles of Ignatius. Up until then it was an apology for the Orthodox Church.

Imagine that, a Catholic website expressing a Catholic viewpoint.

 

[prodromos]

Imagine that, a Catholic website expressing a Catholic viewpoint.

Oh, I'm not surprised in the least. Just pointing out the unsupported leap in the article.

 

[thecolorsblend]

Oh, I'm not surprised in the least. Just pointing out the unsupported leap in the article.

Eh. I see your point.