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IgnTrall. 11

Ignatius to the Trallians · Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer of Antioch

Shun ye therefore those vile offshoots that gender a deadly fruit, whereof if a man taste, forthwith he dieth. For these men are not the Father's planting:

Ign Trall 11.1

for if they had been, they would have been seen to be branches of the Cross, and their fruit imperishable--the Cross whereby He through His passion inviteth us, being His members. Now it cannot be that a head should be found without members, seeing that God promiseth union, and this union is Himself

Ign Trall 11.2