The
CAUSE
OF GOD AND TRUTH.
Part
4
Chapter 2—Of Redemption
Section 3—Ignatius. A.D. 110.
Ignatius never makes use of any general expressions when he speaks of the sufferings and death of Christ; but either says,[1] that he suffered, uper emo, di emas, "for us, that we might be saved;" or uper amartion emon, "for our sins;" and sometimes describes the persons he means, as when he says,[2] that "Jesus Christ died for us," ina pisteusantes eis ton thanaton autou, to apothaneine ekphug ete, "that believing in his death, you may escape dying." And in another place he says,[3] that "Jesus is" e zor ton piston, "the life of believers." Monsieur Daille has not attempted to give us one instance for general redemption out of this writer, nor the former.
ENDNOTES:
[1] Ignat. ep. ad Smyrn. p. 2, 5; ad. Polycarp, p. 12; ad. Ephesians p. 17; ad. Romans p. 59.