Ignatius, who is also called Theopho- rus, to the CJuirch which has ob- tained mercy, through the majesty of the Most High Father, and Je- sus Christ, His only-begotten Son ; the Church which is beloved and enlightened by the will of Him that ivillcth all things which are ac- cording to the love of Jesus Christ our God, which also presides in the place of the region of the Ro- mans, worthy of God, worthy of honour, worthy of the highest hap- piness, worthy of praise, worthy of obtaining her every desire, worthy of being deemed holy,^ and which presides over love, is named from Christ, and from the Father, which I also salute in the nattie of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father: to those who are united, both accord- ing to the flesh and spirit, to every one of His commandments ; who are filled inseparably with the grace of God, and are purified from every strange taint, ^JliuisJi^ abundance of happiness unblameably, in Jesus Christ our God.