{"id":110818,"date":"2026-09-29T15:21:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=110818"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:21:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:21:36","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. Who was Ignatius of Antioch? Antioch was one of the three great cities of the Roman Empire, with Rome and\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":11541,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/meaning-of-christina-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":110818,"position":0},"title":"Is Christina in the Bible? 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