{"id":12520,"date":"2024-10-18T11:12:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T11:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/st-ignatius-of-antioch-the-early-church-father-who-longed-for-union-with-christ\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T11:12:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T11:12:12","slug":"st-ignatius-of-antioch-the-early-church-father-who-longed-for-union-with-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/st-ignatius-of-antioch-the-early-church-father-who-longed-for-union-with-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30a2\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30aa\u30ad\u30a2\u306e\u8056\u30a4\u30b0\u30ca\u30c1\u30aa\uff1a\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u3068\u306e\u4e00\u81f4\u3092\u71b1\u671b\u3057\u305f\u521d\u671f\u6559\u4f1a\u306e\u6559\u7236"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[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). On Oct. 17, the Roman Catholic Church remembers the early Church Father, bishop, and martyr St. 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.\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\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate his memory on Dec. 20.In a 2007 general audience on St.\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-12520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12451,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/st-ignatius-of-antioch\/","url_meta":{"origin":12520,"position":0},"title":"St. Ignatius of Antioch","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"3\u6708 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[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. 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