The Shepherd of Hermas was widely read and accepted in the early church. Irenaeus and Tertullian cite the Shepherd as Scripture. Clement and Origen also quote from it with reverence. Hermas may be the individual mentioned at Romans 16:14 (Origen). The date of the book is contested and may have been written anytime between 80 AD and 140 AD. God here is presented as “the one God” and was “He” who created all things.
Ignatius is perhaps the most famous of all the earliest Christians. He also refers to himself in his letters as “Theophorus.” A church legend says he was the little child taken up in Jesus’ arms (Mk 9:35). He was bishop of Antioch, friend of Polycarp who was a disciple of John, and may have known the Apostle John. Ignatius was martyred under Trajan. However, we know very little else about him and the early church fathers do not say much about his life or his writings. Irenaeus alludes to him when he quotes from Ignatius’ letter to the Romans but does not mention his name even though Ignatius’ name does appear in the letter.
Eusebius, in his Ecclesiastical History (III, 36), written about 315 AD, mentions Ignatius as being in charge of the episcopate of Smyrna at the time of Papias. He records Ignatius as having been sent to Rome to be fed to the wild beasts and on his way edified the churches by giving them oral homilies and by writing several letters. Eusebius mentions seven of his letters: Ephesians, Magnesians, Trallians, Romans, Philadelphians, Smyrneans and a letter to Polycarp.
Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the Church which is at Ephesus… being united and elected through the true passion by the will of the Father, and Jesus Christ, our God.
I have become acquainted with your name, much-beloved in God, which ye have acquired by the habit of righteousness, according to the faith and love in Jesus Christ our Saviour. Being the followers of God, and stirring up yourselves by the blood of God (I).
There is one Physician who is possessed both of flesh and spirit, both made and not made, God existing in flesh, true life in death, both of Mary and of God; first passible and then impassible, even Jesus Christ our Lord. (VII).
To the Magnesians
The ministry of Jesus Christ, who was with the Father before the beginning of time, and in the end was revealed. (VI).
Do ye therefore all run together as into one temple of God, as to one altar, as to one Jesus Christ, who came forth from one Father, and is with and has gone to one.(VII).
There is one God, who has manifested Himself by Jesus Christ His Son, who is His eternal Word. (VIII).
Fare ye well in the harmony of God, ye who have obtained the inseparable Spirit, who is Jesus Christ. (XV).
To the Trallians
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