Brothers and sisters: I am not ashamed of the Gospel. It is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: for Jew first, and then Greek. (Rom 1:16-25)
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Like Saint Paul, Saint Ignatius of Antioch (d. 108) was not ashamed of the Gospel. Like Saint Paul, Saint Ignatius also wrote letters to the churches. Like Saint Paul, Saint Ignatius even wrote a letter to the community in Rome where, like Saint Paul, he was to be martyred for the faith: “I am God’s wheat and shall be ground by the teeth of wild animals so that I may become Christ’s pure bread.” (Letter to the Romans)