# Ecclesia Antiqua

Investigating the early Church through primary sources.

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## [Ignatius Knew the Pope (From My Recent Peer-Reviewed Essay)](https://ecclesiaantiqua.substack.com/p/this-early-church-father-knew-the)

_2026-08-10 · Ecclesia Antiqua_

Part 6 — Against the Bad Argument from Silence in Ignatius's Letters

## [The Protestant Dilemma Survives the Counterattack](https://ecclesiaantiqua.substack.com/p/the-protestant-dilemma-survives-the)

_2026-08-01 · Ecclesia Antiqua_

On the weak responses to an intractable problem

## [The Protestant Dilemma](https://ecclesiaantiqua.substack.com/p/the-protestant-dilemma)

_2026-07-21 · Ecclesia Antiqua_

Why Protestants Must Rely on Catholic Bishops for Their New Testament

## [Peter Probably Wrote 2 Peter](https://ecclesiaantiqua.substack.com/p/peter-probably-wrote-2-peter)

_2026-07-16 · Ecclesia Antiqua_

Why Only Non-Christians Should Be Agnostic about Authorship

## [Is the Christian Doctrine of Hell Evil?](https://ecclesiaantiqua.substack.com/p/is-the-christian-doctrine-of-hell)

_2026-07-12 · Ecclesia Antiqua_

Not necessarily!

## [Must Protestants Believe in Early Popes?](https://ecclesiaantiqua.substack.com/p/must-protestants-believe-in-early)

_2026-06-21 · Ecclesia Antiqua_

Part 5 — A Dilemma from the Gospel of Luke and Acts

## [Did Jesus Have Biological Brothers?](https://ecclesiaantiqua.substack.com/p/did-jesus-have-biological-brothers)

_2026-05-31 · Ecclesia Antiqua_

Why Protestants Should be Agnostic

## [Was Polycarp a Proto-Protestant?](https://ecclesiaantiqua.substack.com/p/was-polycarp-a-proto-protestant)

_2026-05-10 · Ecclesia Antiqua_

Polycarp, Martyr, Protector of Apostolic Tradition

## [Was Peter the First Bishop of Rome? A Protestant-Friendly Argument](https://ecclesiaantiqua.substack.com/p/was-peter-the-first-bishop-of-rome)

_2026-05-02 · Ecclesia Antiqua_

Part 4 — Peter in Rome, Peter, Bishop of Rome

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## [New Evidence the Apostles Rejected Sola Scriptura?](https://ecclesiaantiqua.substack.com/p/new-evidence-the-apostles-rejected)

_2026-04-27 · Ecclesia Antiqua_

On an overlooked passage by Ignatius of Antioch