Ignatius to the Trallians · Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer of Antioch
Ign Trall 10.1
But if it were as certain persons who are godless, that is unbelievers, say, that He suffered only in semblance, being themselves mere semblance, why am I in bonds? And why also do I desire to fight with wild beasts? So I die in vain. Truly then I lie against the Lord.