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To the Trallians
St Ignatius of Antioch, Lake, Loeb 1912
Chapter 10
Against docetism
But if, as some affirm who are without God,—that is, are unbelievers—his suffering was only a semblance (but it is they who are merely a semblance), why am I a prisoner, and why do I even long to fight with the beasts? In that case I am dying in vain. Then indeed am I lying concerning the Lord.