Ignatius of Antioch,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. I — First Epistle to St John
(1885)
“ She is indeed devoted to the humble, and she humbles herself more devotedly than the devoted, and is wonderfully magnified by all, while at the same time she suffers detraction from the Scribes and Pharisees. ”
Ignatius of Antioch,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. I — First Epistle to St John
(1885)
“ We do not, however, go so far as to believe all in every particular; nor do we mention such to thee. But, as we are informed by those who are worthy of credit, there is in Mary the mother of Jesus an angelic purity of nature allied with the nature of humanity. ”
Ignatius of Antioch,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. I — First Epistle to St John
(1885)
“ And, as they report, she is cheerful in persecutions and afflictions, free from murmuring in the midst of penury and want, grateful to those that injure her, and rejoices when exposed to troubles: she sympathizes with the wretched and the afflicted as sharing in their afflictions, and is not slow to come to their assistance. ”
