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1 day ago · The name was already reported in the New Testament. 53 Later, the abstract noun formed from it (Christianismos), meaning the Christian way of life, occurs in Ignatius of Antioch, probably writing in the early 2nd century. 54 As early as Justin Martyr’s Apology, the claim was made that Christians were being persecuted only because of the name ...
4 days ago · Biography. Irenaeus, in Church of St Irenaeus, Lyon. Irenaeus was a Greek from Polycarp 's hometown of Smyrna in Asia Minor, now İzmir, Turkey, born during the first half of the 2nd century. The exact date is thought to be between the years 120 and 140.
3 days ago · The phrase "the disciple whom Jesus loved as a brother" ( ὁ μαθητὴς ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ho mathētēs hon ēgapā ho Iēsous ), or in John 20:2; "whom Jesus loved as a friend" ( ὃν ἐφίλει ὁ Ἰησοῦς, hon ephilei ho Iēsous ), is used six times in the Gospel of John, [47] but in no other New ...
4 days ago · In the patriarch Ignatius (847–858; 867–877) they discovered a spokesman after their own hearts: one drawn from the monastic ranks and contemptuous of all the allurements that the world of secular learning seemed to offer. More significant than the men to be found on the other extreme, iconoclast patriarchs, including Anastasius and John ...
4 days ago · There are innumerable examples: St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. Ambrose, St. Bernard and St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Pasquale Baylón and St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Catherine of Siena and St....
3 days ago · Ignatius, patriarch of Constantinople intermittently from 847 to 877, was exiled by the government in 858 and replaced by St. Photius, a scholarly layman who was head of the imperial chancery—he was elected patriarch and ordained within six days.
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4 days ago · According to Acts 11:26, the term Christian (Greek: Χριστιανός), meaning "follower of Christ", was first used in reference to Jesus's disciples in the city of Antioch. The earliest recorded use of the term "Christianity" (Greek: Χριστιανισμός) was by Ignatius of Antioch, in around 100 AD. Origins
