Epistles of Ignatius
Book III · Chapter 9: Final Greetings and Instructions
Greet Cassian, my host, and his serious-minded partner in life, and their very dear children, to whom may God grant mercy of the Lord on that day, because of their services to us, whom I also commend to you in Christ. Greet by name all the faithful in Christ who are at Laodicea. Do not neglect those at Tarsus, but look after them consistently, strengthening them in the Gospel. I greet in the Lord, Maris, the bishop of Neapolis, near Anazarbus. Also greet Mary, my daughter, distinguished both for seriousness and learning, as well as "the Church which is in her house." May my soul be in place of hers: she is a model of pious women. May the Father of Christ, through His only-begotten Son, preserve you in good health and high reputation in all things, to a very old age, for the benefit of the Church of God! Farewell in the Lord, and pray that I may be perfected.