| mention a martyr-journey of Ignatius
| to Rome, the unhistorical character
| of which, already earlier recognised
| (see Baur, _Urspr. des Episc._ 1838,
| p. 147 ff., _Die Ign. Briefe_, 1848;
| Schwegler, _Nachap. Zeitalt._ ii.
| p. 159 ff.; Hilgenfeld, _Apost.
| Vaeter_, p. 210 ff.; Reville,
| _Le Lien_, 1856, Nos. 18-22), is
| made all the more probable by
| Volkmar's not groundless conjecture.
| According to it Ignatius is reported
| to have become the prey of wild beasts
| on the 20th December, 115, not in the
| amphitheatre in Rome by the order of
| the mild Trajan, but in Antioch
| itself, as the victim of superstitious
| popular fury consequent on an
| earthquake which occurred on the
| 13th December of that year."
|
6. "Francke, _Zur Gesch. | "Cf. Francke, _Zur Gesch. Trajan's_,
Trajan's_, 1840 [1837], p. 253 f. | 1840. This is a mere comparative
[A discussion of the date of the | reference to establish the important
beginning of Trajan's Parthian | point of the date of the Parthian
war, which he fixes in A.D. 115, | war and Trajan's visit to Antioch.
but he decides nothing directly | Dr. Westcott omits the "Cf."
as to the time of Ignatius' |
martyrdom.] |
|
7. "Hilgenfeld, _Die ap. Vaeter_, | Hilgenfeld, _Die ap. Vaeter_, p. 214
p. 214 [pp. 210 ff.] Hilgenfeld | ff. Hilgenfeld strongly supports
points out the objections to the | Baur's argument which is referred to
narrative in the Acts of the | above, and while declaring the
Martyrdom, the origin of which he | whole story of Ignatius, and more
refers to the period between | especially the journey to Rome,
Eusebius and Jerome: setting | incredible, he considers the mere
aside