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Epistle to the Smyrnaeans
The first extant Christian text to use the phrase "Catholic Church" (§8). A strong anti-docetic confession ("truly suffered, truly rose") and a foundational text for Orthodox sacramental and ecclesiological doctrine.
Attributed to
St. Ignatius the God-bearerLinked passages
Isaiah 5:26Isaiah 49:22Matthew 3:15Matthew 19:12Philippians 4:13Romans 1:3Romans 8:17
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