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The study of Ignatius of Antioch has for several centuries been chiefly concerned with two enigmas relating to the corpus of literature associated with him: authorship and date. This book goes beyond these issues in that it evaluates the meaning and purpose of these letters on their own terms in an attempt to better understand the background and the exigencies that helped produce them. By evaluating how homonoia was used in a variety of contexts and comparing these uses with those in Ignatius of Antioch, this book provides a fresh approach to his letters. Broken by the discord in his own church and shamed with a difficult journey to an ignominious death, Ignatius sought to admonish the church members with whom he had contact - almost as if it were a last testament - to avoid schism by staying united and by submitting to the bishop, presbyters, and deacons appointed over them. These letters were written out of the context of Ignatius' experiences of discord. Thus, concord, unity, and submission to the leaders were such overriding concerns for him as he made his way across the empire to Rome, where he died as a martyr.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Full title: Ignatius and Concord
• Subtitle: The Background and Use of the Language of Concord in the Letters of Ignatius of Antioch
• Author: John-Paul Lotz
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 247
• EAN: 9780820486987
• ISBN: 9780820486987
• ID: 10023266
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Weight: 586 g
• Dimensions: 162 × 236 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. March 2007

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