St.Ignatius Of Antioch (A.D.110)

Eucharistic Life ^ | October 17, 2001 | staff

[Lady In Blue]

October 17th is the feast day of St.Ignatius of Antioch.FYI

[Lady In Blue]

In order to see the graphics,you have to use "Old Style." I don't know why that is but I've noticed the same thing on other posts I've put in.

[Lady In Blue]

Hugh, come on back home!

["Bare Ruined Choirs"]

Hey, nice cyber-craftsmanship. Has anyone started a Catholic chat site as a spin-off of FR.com discussions?

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

St. Ignatius of Antioch bump.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

This is the Petrine view of the matter, which conveniently excludes Paul from the picture.  However, there seems to be much more evidence for Paul being in Rome sans Peter than there is for Peter being in Rome.  Not that I'm saying that Peter wasn't in Rome.  I'm only saying that for the Petrines to deny the evidence of Paul in Rome merely weakens their case.

In any case, there is evidence that Paul appointed at least one of the bishoprics of Rome vice Peter.

[Truelove]

Bump!

[Lady In Blue]

I don't know what you're talking about.The "Petrines"(Catholic Church)has NEVER denied that Paul was in Rome.The Church has always taught that Paul was in Rome as was St.Peter.You really ought to read a good book on Church History.You would be amazed.

[Lady In Blue]

I think I saw something like that on FR last night but I don't remember the name of the thread.

Let's all ignore the Catholic bashers.Just ignore them.

[Lady In Blue]

Thanks, SMEDLEYBUTLER! Just a reminder, please ignore the Catholic bashers.

[Pistias]

Old Style

Bah, that's my uncles' beer. It tastes like something scraped off bin Laden's boot.

Seriously, though, thanks for posting this. It's been a while since I've read any of the catechism or an epistle.

[artios]

Peter was never in Rome - he went to Bablyon with John Mark. cf I and II Peter...

[DrJasper]

How did is body wind up in Rome?

[DrJasper]

Can you recommend just one or two of the better books about church history!

[Thoreau]

Actually...Peter founded the church in Antioch, before he ever went to Rome...which still exists today as the Antiochian Orthodox Church. The current Patriarch of Antioch is Patriarch Ignatius IV, named after the saint of this thread.

[artios]

why do you think his body is in Rome? There is no scriptural evidence he was ever there, in fact all the evidence sends him north and east of Jerusalem, not west. Paul was in Rome 2x, but not Peter.

[Hibernius Druid]

Thanks for this and your many other posts. It's nice to be reminded of our great intellectual and spirtual legacy in this smugly ahistorical age of ours.

[Campion]

Peter was never in Rome - he went to Bablyon

The historical Babylon was in ruins when the Epistles were written. It was a caravan watering hole, not much more than that.

"Babylon" was popularly used by the Jews of that day as a code word for Rome. Also, the evidence from both tradition and archaeology that Peter died in Rome is overwhelming. In fact, the archaeological evidence alone is convincing proof that Peter's tomb is exactly where it should be, underneath the high altar of St. Peter's basilica.