Greeting

Ignatius, also called God-bearer, to the Church that has received mercy in the greatness of the Most High God the Father and of Jesus Christ his only-begotten Son, sanctified and illumined in the will of God who made all things that exist, according to the faith and love of Jesus Christ, our God and Saviour; which also presides in the region of the Romans, worthy of God, worthy of honour, worthy of blessing, worthy of praise, worthy of success, worthy of purity, and presiding in love, bearing the name of Christ, bearing the name of the Father, bearing the Spirit—which Church I also greet in the name of God Almighty and of Jesus Christ his Son; to those united in flesh and Spirit to every commandment of his, filled with the grace of God without wavering and strained clear from every alien taint, most abundant greetings blamelessly in God and the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.