was entrusted with the Holy of Holies, who alone was en-
Icnatius oF ANTIOCH division caused by some; but He for whose sake I am in chains is my witness, that I had not learned it from any human source.** No, it was the Spirit who kept preaching in these words: " Apart from the bishop do nothing; preserve your persons as shrines of God; cherish unity, shun divisions; do as Jesus Christ did,'® for He, too, did as the Father did."
8. I was doing my part, therefore, acting as a man trained to cherish unity. Where there is division and passion, there is no place for God. Now, the Lord forgives all if they change their mind and by this change of mind return to union with God and the council of the bishop. I trust in the grace of Jesus Christ, who will free you from all enslavement." 2 I exhort you never to act in a spirit of factiousness, but according to what you learnt in the school of Christ.
When I heard some say, " Unless I find it in the official records—in the Gospel I do not believe";** and when I answered them, "It is in the Scriptures," they retorted:
"That is just the point at issue." But to me the official record is Jesus Christ; the inviolable record is His Cross and His death and His Resurrection and the faith of which He is the Author. These are the things which, thanks to your prayer, I want to be my justification.
9. Good, too, are priests; but better is the High Priest who was entrusted with the Holy of Holies, who alone was entrusted with the hidden designs of God. He is the door ® of the Father, through which enter Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and the Prophets and the Apostles and the Church.
All these * are means of being united with God. 2 But the Gospel contains something special—the Adveat of the Savior
Our Lord Jesus Christ, His Passion and His Resurrection.
The beloved Prophets announced His coming, whereas the