“ YOU call me a Christian, as if this were a damning name to bear, I, for my part, avow that I am a Christian, and bear this name beloved of God, hoping to be serviceable to God. ”
इस प्रकार थीऑफलस अपनी तीन - खण्ड की रचना, जिसका शीर्षक है थीऑफलस से ओतॉलकस को (अंग्रेज़ी), की प्रस्तावना देता है ।