[wmfights]

WF, both the Eucharistic and ecclesiological theology espoused by +Ignatius of Antioch were from a man who was a disciple and correspondent of +John, the successor of +Peter and likely knew Christ.

Here we go again. ;-(

Is this the early theologian who has had his letters forged, so we really don't know which letters are his?

[jo kus]

Is this the early theologian who has had his letters forged, so we really don't know which letters are his?

Are you talking about St. Paul again?

Regards

[Kolokotronis]

"Is this the early theologian who has had his letters forged, so we really don't know which letters are his?"

We know, or rather strongly suspect, that a few of the letters of +Ignatius of Antioch which have come down to us are likely forgeries. The Letters to the Theotokos, for example, were considered forgeries in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but that opinion has been changing. A couple of other letters are pretty surely fakes and certain sets of otherwise apparently authentic letters seem to have been "expanded upon" in the Middle Ages, but we have what seem to be the original shorter texts. What I have quoted from or referred to are the letters which have always been deemed authentic. I know better than to quote from questionable sources on this board, WF! :)