(Hereafter
a "Quote Log" entry denotes a blog entry that consists of
an interesting quote or two I found, sometimes with a little
background.)
From the epistle of Ignatius of Antioch
to the Trallians:
"Therefore I need gentleness, by which
the ruler of this age is destroyed." (4:2) and again,
"Arm yourselves with gentleness."
(8:1)
Translated
by Michael W. Holmes in The
Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations
(3d ed) published by Baker Academic (in Grand Rapids) in 2007.
(Tralles was a city in Asia Minor; Ignatius wrote this early in the
second century.)
