Epistles of Ignatius

You should have comforted and consoled me, who am a neophyte and a disciple of your beloved John. For I have heard wonderful things to tell about your son Jesus, and I am astonished by such a report. I desire with my whole heart to obtain information concerning the things I have heard from you, who were always intimate and allied with Him, and who were acquainted with all His secrets. I have also written to you another time, and have asked you about the same things. Farewell; and let the neophytes who are with me be comforted by you, and through you, and in you. Amen.