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What does the word "Catholic" mean?

...tters of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans, written around A.D. 107, where he writes: Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. From here on we begin to see that the word “catholic” was used in reference to mean “orthodoxy” (the word “orthodox” means “right belief”) as opposed to the non-orthodox heretics who were then by definition not catholic as they were not ‘according to the whole’ which was, as Jude wrote, “the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 1:3). The Catholic Church, in its original and Apostolic...

Melchizedek to Jesus: The Divine Thread of Bread and Wine

...heopedia Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to the Smyrnaeans | Patristics.info Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to the Ephesians | Patristics.info Justin Martyr: First Apology | Patristics.info Early Church Fathers Upholding Transubstantiation in Their Own Words — Ascension Press Media Early Church Fathers on the Real Presence in the Eucharist | Bread. (breadtobody.com) The Real Presence — Church Fathers Fathers of the Church on the Eucharist (therealpresence.org) The Eucharist and John 6: A Former Protestant's Perspective - Clarifying Catholicism Two-Edged Sword: The Eucharist, John 6, and the early church (twoedgedsword.blogspot.com)...

Francis Chan turns towards a more historical and ancient view of Communion

...op called Ignatius, that really tipped me over the edge from a “memorialist” view (that the bread and wine are purely symbolic, nothing more), to a sacramental view (that the bread and wine are a means of grace that God uses). Ignatius was writing against a heretical group who were teaching a false doctrine about Jesus not really coming in the flesh, and uses communion as an example to prove the opposite, which also gives us an interesting and early view on the sacraments: “They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they confess not the Eucharist to be the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which suffered for our sins, and which the Father,...

40 Days with the Fathers: Source Texts Companion Book

...Day Five: Ignatius, Epistle to the Ephesians http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0104.htm Day Six: Ignatius, Epistle to the Magnesians http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0105.htm Day Seven: Ignatius, Epistle to the Trallians http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0106.htm Day Eight: Ignatius, Epistle to the Romans http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0107.htm Day Nine: Ignatius, Epistle to the Philadelphians http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0108.htm Day Ten: Ignatius, Epistle to the Smyrnæans http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0109.htm Day Eleven: Epistle to Polycarp http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0110.htm Day Twelve, Thirteen,...

The Battle for the Trinity: Historical Heresies and Church Defences

...ic Quote: Ignatius of Antioch stressed the reality of Jesus’ incarnation and suffering: “He was truly of the seed of David according to the flesh, and the Son of God according to the will and power of God; truly born of a virgin… He was truly nailed up in the flesh for our sakes” (Letter to the Smyrnaeans, I). The Athanasian Creed Another important aspect of understanding the Trinity is the Athanasian Creed, which dates back to around the 5th century. This creed provides a clear and detailed explanation of the Trinity and the nature of Christ, emphasising the equality and unity of the three Persons of the Trinity while maintaining their distinctivene...

Raised in the Heavenlies!

...15:23). Ignatius, writing about this during the second century in his letter to the Trallians, explains this resurrection as being those to whom Jesus preached in Hades, and then raised up out of captivity along with himself, since he “descended, indeed, into Hades alone, but He arose accompanied by a multitude”! Resurrection in Revelation The “first” or “general” resurrection which is mentioned in the book of Revelation is often what people will point to and read when talking or thinking about our own future. But look where it takes place. Despite the symbolic nature of the text, it's still clear that this event isn't happening on earth, as the...