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The Epistle of Ignatius to the Virgin Mary

Her friend 1 Ignatius to the Christ-bearing Mary.

Thou oughtest to have comforted and consoled me who am a neophyte, and a disciple of thy [beloved] John. For I have heard things wonderful to tell respecting thy [son] Jesus, and I am astonished by such a report. But I desire with my whole heart to obtain information concerning the things which I have heard from thee, who wast always intimate and allied with Him, and who wast acquainted with [all] His secrets. I have also written to thee at another time, and have asked thee concerning the same things. Fare thou well; and let the neophytes who are with me be comforted of thee, and by thee, and in thee. Amen.


  1. Literally, "his own." [Mary is here called christotokos, and not theotokos, which suggests a Nestorian forgery.] ↩

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Contents
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to St. John the Apostle
  • A Second Epistle of Ignatius to St. John.
  • The Epistle of Ignatius to the Virgin Mary
  • Reply of the Blessed Virgin to this Letter.

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