Ignatius, who is also called Tlieopho- rus, to the Church of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, which is at Philadelphia, in Asia, which has obtained mercy, and is established in the harmony of God, and rejoiceth unceasingly ' in the passion of our Lord, and is filled with all mercy through his irsur- rection ; which I salute in the blood of Jesus Christ, who is our eternal and e?iduring Joy, especially if \_men'] are in unity with the bishop, the presbyters, and the deacons, who have been appointed according to the mind of Jesus Christ, whom He has established in security, after His own will, and by His Holy Spirit.