St Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, faced lions in the arena in Rome in 107. During the long journey he wrote letters to the local churches confessing his faith in the resurrection and steeling himself for his ordeal. “We have not only to be called Christians, but to be Christians.”
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I think of that line in connection with Dorothy Day’s famous remark: “Don’t call me a saint.” The important thing, of course, is not only to be called a saint...
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