“Our God, Jesus the Christ, was conceived by Mary of the seed of David and yet of the Holy Spirit according to God’s plan of salvation... From that time on every evil spell was exposed, all bonds of evil vanished, and ignorance was removed. The ancient kingdom was shattered. God revealed himself in human form to bring the newness of eternal life! Now began that which had been prepared by God. From then on everything came into motion, for now the destruction of death was taken in hand.”
-- Ignatius (50-117 AD) Elder of the congregation in Antioch. This is an excerpt from his letter to the Ephesians (115 AD?)
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