This time we finish our discussion on Wisdom Christology. Next week? We'll be having a nice beginner-level introduction to the early documents and languages surrounding Christianity. The podcast's home page is here.
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Ignatius was one of the bishops of the early church and he lived around the time the changeover from the first century to the second. It is generally assumed he was martyred in the first quarter of the second century. He supposedly wrote a number of letters that made it into the collection of writings now known as the writings of the Apostolic Fathers. These fellows made up the first generation of church leadership after the apostles had died. One of his letters, the one to the Ephesians, is very interesting, so we're going to spend some time walking through it. All translations of the Greek text used are my own. Here is the text of the introduction.
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