Responding to earlier dialogue, Theophilus writes to pagan Autolycus with these opening words: “A fluent tongue and an elegant style afford pleasure and such praise as vainglory delights in, to wretched men who have been corrupted in mind. ”
इतिहासकार यूसीबीयस ने बताया कि यीशु के प्रेरितों के समय से गिनने पर थीऑफलस अन्ताकिया का छटवाँ बिशप था ।