Missive to Magnesia

The world of classical antiquity, in other words, is about to be baptized by the Blood of Jesus Christ. Not all at once, of course, which accounts for the length, and ferocity, of the pagan refusal to bend the knee to the one true God, Lord of history and Savior of the world. But it cannot persist in idolatry forever. In the meantime, it is responsible for the predicament in which men like Ignatius of Antioch find themselves.