Ignatius of Antioch

Ignatius of Antioch was an early church father, who lived during the first century A. D. He was one of the so-called Apostolic Fathers, who supposedly had been instructed by the apostles. His whole life is shrouded in legend and tradition. In fact, there are so many varying and disagreeing accounts of his life that one cannot be sure which things history records of him are fact and which are fiction. The Catholics and Protestants differ sharply both as regarding his little- known life and as...