Part one of term paper
Ignatius was born in syria and converted to Christianity. He became the second Bishop of Antioch after Peter. The Emperor Trajan visited Antioch and gave the Christians the choice to apostasise or to be martyred. Ignatius refused to apostasise and was condemned to be thrown to the wild beasts. For this reason Ignatius was sent to Rome. On hi ...

Part two of term paper
... last letter was to the faithful of Rome, begging them not to prevent his martyrdom. In the year 107 he was given to the lions in the Coliseum. In his letters, he dealt deeply with the theology of Christ, with the constitution of the Church and with the Christian life. In all of them he showed his deep wisdom and love of God. "I am the wheat of God. I must be ground by the teeth of wild beasts to become the pure bread of Christ." In these words, Ignatius, the third bishop of Antioch, pleaded wit ...