{"id":12451,"date":"2025-03-14T13:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/st-ignatius-of-antioch\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:05:01","slug":"st-ignatius-of-antioch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/st-ignatius-of-antioch\/","title":{"rendered":"Sant'Ignazio di Antiochia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] St. Ignatius of Antioch Feast date: Oct 17 On Oct. 17, the Roman Catholic Church remembers the early Church Father, bishop, and martyr Saint Ignatius of Antioch, whose writings attest to the sacramental and hierarchical nature of the Church from its earliest days. Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate his memory on Dec. 20. In a 2007 general audience on St. Ignatius of Antioch, Pope Benedict XVI observed that &quot;no Church Father has expressed the longing for union\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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In a 2007 general audience on St. Ignatius of Antioch, Pope Benedict XVI observed that &quot;no Church Father has expressed the longing for union\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-12451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12520,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/st-ignatius-of-antioch-the-early-church-father-who-longed-for-union-with-christ\/","url_meta":{"origin":12451,"position":0},"title":"St. Ignatius of Antioch: the early Church Father who longed for union with Christ","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Ottobre 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] St. Ignatius of Antioch with the child Jesus. \/ Credit: Lorenzo Lotto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Oct 17, 2024 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). 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