The Laity — Bishop's pawn? Ignatius of Antioch on the Obedient Christian

In c.lO6 AD Ignatius, the bishop of Antioch, was being led through the province of Asia to Rome and to martyrdom. As he went, he wrote letters to a number of the Asian Christian churches on the Aegean coastline. His aim was to ensure the cohesion of these local communities by encouraging their maint...

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Published in:Scottish journal of theology 1991-01, Vol.44 (1), p.39-56
Main Author: Pettersen, Alvyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biographies and hagiographies
Christianity
Christianity : 2nd-3rd century
Clergy
Cohesion
Correspondence
Early christianity (1st-6th century)
History and sciences of religions
Ignatius of Antioch, Saint
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Summary:In c.lO6 AD Ignatius, the bishop of Antioch, was being led through the province of Asia to Rome and to martyrdom. As he went, he wrote letters to a number of the Asian Christian churches on the Aegean coastline. His aim was to ensure the cohesion of these local communities by encouraging their maintenance of purity in practice and in idea. To this end his letters stressed a strongly constituted, centralised ecclesiastical authority, whose sphere of activity was delimited by a clear boundary between the church and the world.
ISSN:0036-9306
1475-3065
DOI:10.1017/S0036930600025229