[Iscool]

St Ignatius, personally instructed in the Faith by St John, wrote this 1,901 years ago and though he was talking about the Gnostics of his day, could very well have been speaking to the non-Christians on this thread. keep perishing in your disputes.

Ignatius' writings are known forgeries...You ought to consider how that makes you look by perpetuating those forgeries...

[tgdunbar]

“Ignatius’ writings are known forgeries”

What is popularly ‘known’ is often inaccurate. A good, serious reference is at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0800660161

Ignatius of Antioch Hermeneia (Hermeneia: A Critical & Historical Commentary on the Bible) [Hardcover]
William Schoedel, Augsburg Fortress Publishers (January 1985)

[one Lord one faith one baptism]

every scholar ( Catholic, Protestant, athiest )who has studied all available evidence, has come to the same conclusion, 7 epistles were written by Ignatius.
i understand why some cling to the fiction that they were forged, because it they are true, their belief system is FALSE.