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Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, writes seven letters to the churches on his way to die in Rome. In one he is the first known writer to call the church "catholic", meaning whole.
Set beside it, Revelation 2:2 (setting): “I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:”
To the church in Ephesus, c. AD 95: About fifteen years later Ignatius writes to the same church and praises it for letting no one who came with false teaching sow it among them (To the Ephesians 9.1).
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- EvidenceT7 PRIMARY DOCUMENT / MEASUREMENT; Status: ADDED 2026-09-30
- Letter eraTHE WITNESSES AND THE TURN 44 to 312 AD
- SourcesIgnatius, To the Smyrnaeans 8.2.
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