^a Gr. Θεόφιλος, meaning God-friend, is perhaps not a specific individual's name, but rather a general salutation to a wide audience, e.g., Dear Christian Brother or Sister, or if a specific individual then perhaps a pseudonym or term of endearment, or perhaps even just a literary device created to style a book written for general circulation as a private letter to a fictitious individual.

^a Gr. Θεόφιλος, meaning God-friend, is perhaps not a specific individual's name, but rather a general salutation to a wide audience, e.g., Dear Christian Brother or Sister, or if a specific individual then perhaps a pseudonym or term of endearment, or perhaps even just a literary device created to style a book written for general circulation as a private letter to a fictitious individual.

^a Gr. Θεόφιλος, meaning God-friend, is perhaps not a specific individual's name, but rather a general salutation to a wide audience, e.g., Dear Christian Brother or Sister, or if a specific individual then perhaps a pseudonym or term of endearment, or perhaps even just a literary device created to style a book written for general circulation as a private letter to a fictitious individual.