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To the Ephesians
St Ignatius of Antioch, Lake, Loeb 1912
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Greeting
Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus,1 to the Church, worthy of all felicitation, which is at Ephesus in Asia,—blessed with greatness by the fulness of God the Father, predestined from eternity for abiding and unchangeable glory, united and chosen through true suffering by the will of the Father and Jesus Christ our God,—abundant greeting in Jesus Christ and in blameless joy.
Notes
- i.e. “The God-bearer.” In the 3rd century Acts of Ignatius the Emperor asks “And who is Theophorus?” and Ignatius replied “He who has Christ in his heart.”