The Word on Fire

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Saint Ignatius of Antioch on heretics:

From his Epistle to the Smyrnaeans:
"I guard you beforehand from those beasts in the shape of men, whom you must not only not receive, but, if it be possible, not even meet with; only you must pray to God for them, if by any means they may be brought to repentance, which, however, will be very difficult. Yet Jesus Christ, who is our true life, has the power of [effecting] this."

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