About the book: 2012 / Ignatius of Antioch occupies a place in the Christian Church among the so-called “apostolic men.” In his letters to various churches, he reinterpreted church government, the Eucharist, and martyrdom using the cultural terminology of the pagan society of his time. Allen Brent reveals the circumstances and cultural environment in which St. Ignatius shapes the idea and theology of episcopal ministry in the church, and proposes a new approach to the creations of this living, eccentric and fearless architect of Christian unity.