Letters of Ignatius 81

1But certain people ignorantly deny Him—or rather, have been denied by Him—being advocates of death rather than of the truth; and they have not been persuaded by the prophecies, nor by the law of Moses, nor even to this very hour by the Gospel, nor by the sufferings of each of us severally; for they are of the same mind also concerning us.

2For what profit is it [to me], if someone praises me but blasphemes my Lord, not confessing that He was a bearer of flesh? Yet whoever does not affirm this thereby denies Him altogether, being himself a bearer of a corpse.

3But their names, being unbelievers, I have not thought fit to record in writing—nay, far be it from me even to remember them—until they repent and return to the passion, which is our resurrection.