Ignatius of Antioch (35-107)

Major works:

•          Seven letters before his death in Rome

Importance

•          Bishop of church at Antioch

•          Personal disciple of one or more apostles

•          Advocate of divinity of Christ and the incarnation (refuted docetism)

•          Urged Christians not to try to escape martyrdom by fleeing from Rome

•          First to use phrase, “Catholic Church”