Infographic on Ignatius of Antioch -- feel free to use!

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I made this infographic with significant quotes from early Christian leader Ignatius of Antioch,

Feel free to download and use it in your evangelization! Especially showing that the early church was Catholic!

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UGHHH just saw that I wrote “testinomy” instead of “testimony” in the infographic. I’m horrible at proofreading. Still feel free to share. This isn’t super official or anything, after all.
 
Good quotes.

What software or program did you use ?

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Ignatius of Antioch

The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, Chapter 5
“ … I reckon you happy who are so joined to him as the Church is to Jesus Christ, and as Jesus Christ is to the Father, that so all things may agree in unity! Let no man deceive himself: if any one be not within the altar, he is deprived of the bread of God. For if the prayer of one or two possesses Matthew 18:19 such power, how much more that of the bishop and the whole Church! He, therefore, that does not assemble with the Church, has even by this manifested his pride, and condemned himself. For it is written, “God resists the proud.” Let us be careful, then, not to set ourselves in opposition to the bishop, in order that we may be subject to God.”

Chapter 13. Meet together frequently for the worship of God

Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith. Nothing is more precious than peace, by which all war, both in heaven and earth, is brought to an end.

The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians

Chapter 6
“ … Let nothing exist among you that may divide you; but be united with your bishop, and those that preside over you, as a type and evidence of your immortality.

Chapter 7. Do nothing without the bishop and presbyters

As therefore the Lord did nothing without the Father, being united to Him, neither by Himself nor by the apostles, so neither do anything without the bishop and presbyters. Neither endeavour that anything appear reasonable and proper to yourselves apart; but being come together into the same place, let there be one prayer, one supplication, one mind, one hope, in love and in joy undefiled. There is one Jesus Christ, than whom nothing is more excellent.

John
 
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Haha thank you.

Any other ideas for Catholic infographics?
 
Hey this is really good. Were you the guy I was working with once on the older version of Catholic Answers Forums, where we were gonna make an infographic about apostolic succussion? Or was that someone else? Your work reminds me of that person’s, which means it is very good quality. I wonder if you’d let me put this kind of stuff on my website and in my Catholic apps. It’s right up my alley.
 
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And yeah I never got very far on the apostolic succession graphic haha
 
Awesome. Check out my Church Fathers app on the android app store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.historyandapologetics.churchfathers

You can see how I could integrate infographics like this one. In my app each a Church Father has the text of their life according to the Catholic encyclopedia, and a button that opens up some links to their writings and their doctrines. I could make another button for some of them that opens up an infographic – yours! Let me know what you think.

I’ll give you the credit for the images of course. I can do that however you like – I’d especially like to put a link to your website in the About section in case anyone wants to pay you for some art.
 
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Is this app available for Apple’s app store?

ALSO: I’d love to get back to working on an infographic about the Apostles and their connections to early churches and early church fathers, especially by also emphasizing significant quotes on Catholic doctrine and practices.

The overall point would be to show the continuity between the Aposltes and the early church, and to express how the early church was Catholic. It also needs to express the universal nature of Catholicism, by showing how these traditions and church fathers were all over the Christian world… I’m not exactly how to combine a timeline with a map. But I think it’s important. For example, it helps to see that Real Presence Eucharist was believed in multiple places across the Christian world. I think that better gets the point across.

Anyway, do you think you could help provide information on how to best connect the early church? I feel like we mostly know about Peter, Paul, and John. Are there any other Apostles with connections to church fathers? Thanks!
 
catholic1seeks said:
ALSO: I’d love to get back to working on an infographic about the Apostles and their connections to early churches and early church fathers, …

Anyway, do you think you could help provide information on how to best connect the early church?
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I am using this older thread because I do not want to pollute your newer thread dedicated for your work.

I think you have some great ideas to match your skills in evangelization.

Is the following web page okay for you ?
Please send me your name and I will include it.

http://www.defendingthebride.com/Catholic/Art/catholic1seeks.html

http://www.defendingthebride.com/catholic/art/catholic1seeks.html

Why Early Church Fathers are Important

While I appreciate the zeal of some of those I see on TV, I think their approach could use some tweaking. They will say,
“Don’t read the church fathers unless you want to become Catholic.”

To the Catholic this makes a good argument.
But, to the Protestant it does not work.
We have to put ourselves into the minds of Protestants and see how they perceive things.
They are more likely Not to see why the Fathers are important.
They think :
We have the Bible. We reject Tradition.
Bible Alone is all we need.

The first goal for the Catholic is Not to convince the Protestant that the Early Church Fathers were Catholic, it is Not to give the Protestant a reason to reject or ignore the Fathers. Unlike the Catholic mind, the Protestant is not looking for a reason to become Catholic. On the contrary, they are more likely looking for reasons and justifications for why they are justified in rejecting Catholicism.

How to Motivate Protestants to Read Church Fathers

So, the first goal for the Catholic is Not to explain that the Early Church Fathers were Catholic, but to explain why the Protestant needs the Early Church Fathers.

While it is true that a study of the Early Church Fathers was instrumental to the conversions to Catholicism for John Henry Newman, Dr. Kenneth Howell, Rod Bennett and a host of others, they did not begin a study of the Fathers because they were looking for a reason to become Catholic. John Henry Newman started to study the Fathers in order to defend his Anglicanism and why he did not need to become Catholic. He wrote, “Lead kindly Light” because it was taking him to a place he did not want to go. Rod Bennett seems to have begun a study of the Fathers looking for a way to solve doctrinal disputations among Protestants and a way to connect with the Early Church, Not so he could become Catholic.

Maybe you can find some good ideas at this webpage below.
I have listed several reasons of why the Church Fathers are important at

http://www.defendingthebride.com/ch/fathers.html

John
 
I suggest you make a chart aimed at Protestants.
Instead of using the word “Fathers” which some Protestants reject, how about a short Info Graphic listing the following words :

Early Church Documents
Biblical Reason for Studying Those Documents
Tradition : Good or Bad ?
No Early Church Means No Bible
How Do We Decide Which Books Belong in New Testament ?
Oldest Completely Correct New Testament Canon Was Not Until St. Athanasius in AD 367
Historical Continuity with Church Jesus Built
How Do We Decide Disputes on Correct Interpretation of Bible ?

The best introduction to Early Church Fathers, especially for Protestants, is in my opinion

The Apostasy That Wasn’t:
The Extraordinary Story of the Unbreakable Early Church (Hardcover Book)
By: Rod Bennett

See : C. Explaining Why History is Important !
http://www.defendingthebride.com/ch/fathers.html#why

God bless your good work.
John
 
catholic1seeks said:
ALSO: I’d love to get back to working on an infographic about the Apostles and their connections to early churches and early church fathers,
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How about an info graphic on 153 Fish ?
I am not very artistic. Please suggest any variations or improvements on the following.
Thanks,
John
 
Nice work… honoring a great martyr… I believe he was the first one we know to have used the word ‘Catholic’?
 
On the infographic the following should also be included. What did the early church believe? How did they interpret the scriptures?
 
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