Biography

Ignatius of Antioch is well known in Church History circles as one of the Apostolic Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries. Little is known of his formative years, but his legacy lives in the letters he wrote, which are a window into Christian theology in the early church. His staunch faith in Jesus Christ brought him before the Roman authorities, who condemned him to death. The Romans put Ignatius in the arena with wild beasts, which attacked and killed him. Ignatius was martyred around the year 110.

Wailand Groenendyk
CCEL Staff Writer