early church
"There is one Physician ... both of flesh and of spirit, born and unborn, God in man ... Jesus Christ our Lord."
Source
Ignatius of Antioch — Letters
Ignatius, Letter to the Ephesians 7
Author
Ignatius of Antioch
Date
c. 107–110 CE
Credibility & evidentiary value
Early-second-century bishop writing en route to martyrdom. Direct evidence that high Christology and church structure existed well before Nicaea.
Citation · Chicago
Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Ephesians 7, in M.W. Holmes, The Apostolic Fathers, 3rd ed. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007).
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