/lit/ - Literature

>Irenaeus lied and said he heard from the apostles firsthand that Jesus died when he was over 50
>Origen cut his balls off because he thought the Holy Spirit told him to
>Ignatius was a psychotic, writing extensively, almost erotically about how he couldn't wait to be martyred, saying if the lions didn't eat him he would drive their teeth into his chest themselves, and then described what it would feel like to have his sinews ripped from bone
>Ignatius also called himself the word of God in his epistle to the Ephesians
It is absolutely hilarious to me after reading this that some people and religions idolize these freaks.