An excerpt from the Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp
Let not those who seem worthy of credit, but teach strange
doctrines, fill you with apprehension. Stand firm, as does an anvil which
is beaten. It is the part of a noble athlete to be wounded, and yet to
conquer. And especially we ought to bear all things for the sake of God, that
He also may bear with us, and bring us into His kingdom. Add more and more to
your diligence; run your race with increasing energy; weigh carefully the times.
While you are here, be a conqueror; for here is the course, and there are the
crowns, Look for Christ, the Son of God; who was before time, yet appeared in time;
who was invisible by nature, yet visible in the flesh; who was impalpable, and
could not be touched, as being without a body, but for our sakes became such,
might be touched and handled in the body; who was impassible as God, but became
passible for our sakes as man; and who in every kind of way suffered for our
sakes.
Web Page;
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Many Blessings!
In Christ,
+William
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