Epistles of Ignatius

I have learned that certain of the ministers of Satan have wished to disturb you, some of them claiming that Jesus was born only in appearance, was crucified in appearance, and died in appearance; others that He is not the Son of the Creator, and others that He is Himself God over all. Others, again, believe that He is merely a man, and others that this flesh is not to rise again, so that our proper course is to live and indulge in a life of pleasure, as this is the chief good for beings who are soon to perish. A multitude of such evils has surrounded us. But you have not “given place by subjection to them, no, not for one hour.” For you are the fellow-citizens as well as the disciples of Paul, who “fully preached the Gospel from Jerusalem, and all around to Illyricum,” and carried “the marks of Christ” in his flesh.