Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. The letters of Ignatius in the Christian tradition:
  • The theological role of the letters of Ignatius
  • The three recensions
  • The modern consensus
  • Challenges to the consensus
  • pt. 2. Literary character of the letters of Ignatius:
  • Epistolary form
  • Ignatius' rhetoric
  • Semi-credal patterns and hymnic elements
  • Quotations and allusions
  • pt. 3. Historical and social context:
  • Ignatius and the church in Antioch
  • Ignatius' journey as history and as theater
  • Boundaries within the church
  • Ignatius' self-effacement
  • The church and hellenistic society
  • Ignatius in Rome
  • Religious and intellectual background:
  • Ignatius and the mystery religions
  • Ignatius and Gnosticism
  • Ignatius and Jewish Christianity
  • Ignatius and Hellenistic Judaism
  • Ignatius and popular Hellenistic culture
  • Ignatian themes: God
  • Incarnation
  • Eucharist
  • Unity
  • Ministry
  • Flesh and spirit
  • Fllesh and blood
  • Faith and love
  • Hope
  • Passion and resurrection
  • Beginning and end
  • Attaining God
  • Imitation
  • Ephesians
  • Magnesians
  • Trallians
  • Romans
  • Philedelphians
  • Smyrnaeans
  • Polycarp.