Ignatius

I watch a man speak for five minutes
Building up to the reveal that Ignatius
Is a man who heard and studied directly
Under Peter and John.

And then he says, "Aha! Therefore the Pope!"
I take it only a step back, that he heard
From Peter and John.

For Theilman is as much scripture
As Ignatius to me...
And I am as much scripture as him...
But it is the true Apostolic faith.
Therefore, I am an Apostolic Christian.

For Esdras, and Ignatius, and Thielman
And Brandon, and Clive Staples Lewis
And G. K. Chesterton, and Augustine 
And Aquinas, and Hymn Makers
And Oil Painters and Musicians
And Creed Makers and the Teutons 
All have apostolic Christianity
To inspire us... for we are one bread and body
And must learn from each other
And not be blinded by Scripture's Authority
To say, "Only it matters." For God wants
All of us to share in the Apocrathy
Of faith, ministering to all the Saints.