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Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Tarsians
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The Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians
Chapter I.—His own sufferings: exhortation to stedfastness.
Chapter II.—Cautions against false doctrine.
Chapter III.—The true doctrine respecting Christ.
Chapter V.—Refutation of the previously mentioned errors.
Chapter VIII.—Exhortations to holiness and good order.
Chapter IX.—Exhortations to the discharge of relative duties.
And [know ye, moreover], that He who was born of a woman was the Son of God, and He that was crucified was “the first-born of every creature,”14 Col. i. 15. and God the Word, who also created all things. For says the apostle, “There is one God, the Father, of whom are all things; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things.”15 1 Cor. viii. 6. And again, “For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus;”16 1 Tim. ii. 5. and, “By Him were all things created that are in heaven, and on earth, visible and invisible; and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.”17 Col. i. 16, 17.