left Quote ST IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH (+ c. 108 AD)ST IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH (+ c. 108 AD)

 

Certain people declared in my hearing, ‘Unless I can find a thing in our ancient records [the Old Testament], I refuse to believe it in the Gospel;’ and when I assured them that it is indeed in the ancient scriptures, they retorted, ‘That has to be proved.’  But for my part, my records are Jesus Christ.  For me, the sacrosanct records are his cross and death and resurrection, and the faith that comes through him.  And it is by these, and by the help of your prayers, that I am hoping to be justified. (Letter to the Philadelphians, ch. 8)

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