“Quanto ao resto, que o Deus que tudo vê e é Senhor dos espíritos e de todos os seres vivos — que elegeu o Senhor Jesus Cristo e, por meio dele, nos elegeu para sermos o seu povo particular — conceda a toda a pessoa que invoca o seu nome magnífico e santo, a fé, o temor, a paz, a perseverança, a paciência, a continência, a pureza e a moderação. Dessa forma, a pessoa será agradável ao seu Nome, por meio de nosso sumo sacerdote e protetor Jesus Cristo, pelo qual sejam dadas a Deus a glória, a grandeza, o poder e a honra, agora e pelos séculos dos séculos. Amém.”
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St. Ignatius of Antioch (35 -117)
(Ancient Greek: Ἰγνάτιος Ἀντιοχείας, Ignátios Antiokheías; ad c. 35 or 50 – 98 to 117), also known as Ignatius Theophorus (Ιγνάτιος ὁ Θεοφόρος, Ignátios ho Theophóros, lit. "the God-bearing"), was a student of John the Apostle, was the third bishop of Antioch, and is now counted among the Apostolic Fathers of the Christian Church.[En route to Rome, where according to Christian tradition he met his martyrdom by being fed to wild beasts, he wrote a series of letters which have been preserved as an example of very early Christian theology. Important topics addressed in these letters include ecclesiology, the sacraments, and the role of bishops. Ignatius modeled his writings after Paul, Peter, and John, and even quoted or paraphrased their own works freely, such as when he quoted 1 Cor 1:18, in his letter to the Ephesians.