The governor summoned Thecla from the menagerie and asked: “Who are you? What powers are associated with you that not a single animal touched you?” “I am a slave of the living God. As for my powers, I have come to believe in God’s son, in whom God is well pleased, because of whom none of the animals touched me. He is the sole definition of salvation and the basis of immortal existence, a refuge for the storm-tossed, relief for the oppressed, a haven for the desperate, and, in sum, any who do not