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"most likely" is sceptical. WHEN did he write it?
From Wikepedia:
By the 5th century, this authentic collection had been enlarged by spurious letters, and some of the original letters had been changed with interpolations, created to posthumously enlist Ignatius as an unwitting witness in theological disputes of that age, while the purported eye-witness account of his martyrdom is also thought to be a forgery from around the same time.
From http://historical-jesus.info/ignatius.html , we find that the Letters from "Iggy" couldn't be written from when the RCc says. (amongst other things)
Therefore, we cannot use those letters.
Catholics, however, seem to "pick and choose" part of the letters for their own benefit. It's like a "line-item veto" that President Clinton wanted for the Bills that was passed in the House and Senate. Even if the letters were written hundreds of years AFTER Jesus, they still would accept part of the letters to be true because it benefitted themselves.
The only thing that can be agreed upon is what is in the Bible today.
From Wikepedia:
By the 5th century, this authentic collection had been enlarged by spurious letters, and some of the original letters had been changed with interpolations, created to posthumously enlist Ignatius as an unwitting witness in theological disputes of that age, while the purported eye-witness account of his martyrdom is also thought to be a forgery from around the same time.
From http://historical-jesus.info/ignatius.html , we find that the Letters from "Iggy" couldn't be written from when the RCc says. (amongst other things)
Therefore, we cannot use those letters.
Catholics, however, seem to "pick and choose" part of the letters for their own benefit. It's like a "line-item veto" that President Clinton wanted for the Bills that was passed in the House and Senate. Even if the letters were written hundreds of years AFTER Jesus, they still would accept part of the letters to be true because it benefitted themselves.
The only thing that can be agreed upon is what is in the Bible today.
Your link had some interesting stuff, but a lot of it was dubious. They are confused, it would seem, by the Trinity. Their comments about "the Father raising Jesus" and "Jesus raising Himself" remind me of an atheist attacking the doctrine of the Trinity.