CHAPTER 0

 0:0  Ignatius, who is also Theophorus, to the church

of God the Father and of Jesus Christ, which is in

Philadelphia of Asia, which hath found mercy and is

firmly established in the concord of God and rejoiceth

in the passion of our Lord and in His resurrection

without wavering, being fully assured in all mercy;

which church I salute in the blood of Jesus Christ,

that is eternal and abiding joy; more especially if

they be at one with the bishop and the presbyters who

are with him, and with the deacons that have been

appointed according to the mind of Jesus Christ, whom

after His own will He confirmed and established by His

Holy Spirit.