Books Ignatius of Antioch and the Arian Controversy (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae: Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life and Language, 140) by Paul Gilliam III (Author)

The book "Ignatius of Antioch and the Arian Controversy" by Paul Gilliam III explores the connection between the second-century Christian martyr Ignatius of Antioch and the fourth-century Arian controversy. The author argues that Ignatius became a focal figure in the theological disputes of the fourth century, with both Nicene and non-Nicene factions attempting to use Ignatius's writings to support their competing Christological views.

Gilliam's research demonstrates that the Ignatian texts were modified by Nicene proponents and that a longer recension of Ignatius's letters emerged as a reaction by Non-Nicene parties who held a Christology aligned with the Ekthesis Macrostichos creed of Antioch in 344. Both factions attributed to Ignatius a view of Jesus as both equal and subordinate to God, reflecting the complexity of Christological debates.