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“It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but to actually be one. Yes, if I prove to be one [by being faithful to the end], then I can have the name…Come fire, cross, battling with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs, crushing of my whole body, cruel tortures of the Devil–Only let me get to Jesus Christ!” ~Ignatius, upon being condemned to death in Rome AD 110