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๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฒ: ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ โข ๐๐ญ. ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ก
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Born in Syria, Ignatius converted to Christianity and eventually became bishop of Antioch. In the year 107, Emperor Trajan visited Antioch and forced the Christians there to choose between death and apostasy. Ignatius would not deny Christ and thus was condemned to be put to death in Rome.
Ignatius is well known for the seven letters he wrote on the long journey from Antioch to Rome. Five of these letters are to churches in Asia Minor; they urge the Christians there to remain faithful to God and to obey their superiors. He warns them against heretical doctrines, providing them with the solid truths of the Christian faith.
The sixth letter was to Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, who was later martyred for the faith. The final letter begs the Christians in Rome not to try to stop his martyrdom. โThe only thing I ask of you is to allow me to offer the libation of my blood to God. I am the wheat of the Lord; may I be ground by the teeth of the beasts to become the immaculate bread of Christ.โ
Ignatius bravely met the lions in the Circus Maximus.
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๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐บ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ; ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ; ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ
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