Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the Church which has
obtained mercy, through the majesty of the Most High God the Father,
and of Jesus Christ, His only-begotten Son; the Church which is
sanctified and enlightened by the will of God, who formed all things
that are according to the faith and love of Jesus Christ, our God and
Saviour; the Church which presides in the place of the region of the
Romans, and which is worthy of God, worthy of honour, worthy of the
highest happiness, worthy of praise, worthy of credit, worthy of
being deemed holy, and which presides over love, is named from
Christ, and from the Father, and is possessed of the Spirit, which I
also salute in the name of Almighty God, and of Jesus Christ His Son:
to those who are united, both according to the flesh and spirit, to
every one of His commandments, who are filled inseparably with all the
grace of God, and are purified from every strange taint, [I wish]
abundance of happiness unblameably, in God, even the Father, and our
Lord Jesus Christ.