{"id":110818,"date":"2026-09-29T15:21:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=110818"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:23:15","slug":"ignatius-of-antioch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/ignatius-of-antioch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignatius van Antiochi\u00eb: De bisschop die zeven brieven schreef op weg naar zijn dood in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Ignatius was the bishop of Antioch who wrote seven letters on his way to die in Rome. Early in the second century, by tradition under the emperor Trajan, soldiers took him from Syria to die by wild beasts. On the road he wrote to six churches and to Polycarp of Smyrna, and those letters hold almost everything known about him. He knew what waited at the end of the road, and he asked the Christians in Rome not to stop\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 wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, wrote seven letters under guard on his way to the beasts in Rome. Who he was, what they teach, and when he died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-110818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-history"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54753,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/facts-statistics-paul-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":110818,"position":0},"title":"Apostle Paul Facts: 13 Letters, Five Floggings, Three Shipwrecks","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"maart 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Thirteen New Testament letters carry Paul's name, a quarter of its verses. 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