{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">The prince of this\r\nworld would fain carry\r\nme away, and corrupt\r\nmy disposition towards\r\nGod. Let none of you,\r\ntherefore, who are [in\r\nRome] help him; rather\r\nbe ye on my side, that\r\nis, on the side of God.\r\nDo not speak of Jesus\r\nChrist, and yet set your\r\ndesires on the world.\r\nLet not envy find a\r\ndwelling-place among\r\nyou; nor even should\r\nI, when present with\r\nyou, exhort you to it, be\r\nye persuaded to listen\r\nto me, but rather give\r\ncredit to those things\r\nwhich I now write to\r\nyou. For though I am\r\nalive while I write to\r\nyou, yet I am eager to\r\ndie. My love<a id=\"r1124\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1124\"><sup>[1124]</sup></a> has been\r\ncrucified, and there is\r\nno fire in me desiring to\r\nbe fed;<a id=\"r1125\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1125\"><sup>[1125]</sup></a> but there is\r\nwithin me a water that\r\nliveth and speaketh,<a id=\"r1126\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1126\"><sup>[1126]</sup></a>\r\nsaying to me inwardly,\r\nCome to the Father.\r\nI have no delight in\r\ncorruptible food, nor in\r\nthe pleasures of this life.\r\nI desire the bread of\r\nGod, the heavenly bread,\r\nthe bread of life, which\r\nis the flesh of Jesus\r\nChrist, the Son of God,\r\nwho became afterwards\r\nof the seed of David\r\nand Abraham; and I\r\ndesire the drink of\r\nGod, namely His blood,\r\nwhich is incorruptible\r\nlove and eternal life.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS. (SHORTER AND LONGER.)","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE ROMANS.","Chap. vii.—Reason of desiring to die."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-436"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"f943b990567fa82dde9cecb5f4beff3ad671e34130ffcb5dff1ebe2ab00b33e9","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1125","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1125","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1125\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1125\">1125</a>. </span>Literally, “desiring material.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1125","text_sha256":"3176f44d47afb2077137cfcc6f3d95cc83308c27299f6833d4de8d72bac632ae","verified":false,"work_id":null}