The Martyrdom of Polycarp, 20

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[1] You, indeed, asked that the events should be explained to you at length, but we have for the present explained them in summary by our brother Marcion¹; therefore when you have heard these things, send the letter to the brethren further on, that they also may glorify the Lord, who takes his chosen ones from his own servants.

[2] And to him who is able to bring us all in his grace and bounty, to his heavenly kingdom, by his only begotten Child, Jesus Christ, be glory, honour, might, and majesty for ever. Greet all the saints. Those who are with us, and Evarestus, who wrote the letter, with his whole house, greet you.

The Martyrdom of Polycarp. . . 1913.

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The Martydom of St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (English) (The Martydom of Polycarp. The Apostolic Fathers with an English translation by Kirsopp Lake. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1913)

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Martyrium Polycarpi First1KGreek (Martyrium Polycarpi. The Apostolic Fathers, Vol. 2. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1917.) — 20 focus

[1] Ὑμεῖς μὲν οὖν ἠξιώσατε διὰ πλειόνων δηλωθῆναι ὑμῖν τὰ γενόμενα, ἡμεῖς δὲ κατὰ τὸ παρὸν ἐπὶ κεφαλαίῳ μεμηνύκαμεν διὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἡμῶν Μαρκίωνος. ¹ μαθόντες οὖν ταῦτα καὶ τοῖς ἐπέκεινα ἀδελφοῖς τὴν ἐπιστολὴν διαπέμψασθε, ἵνα καὶ ἐκεῖνοι δοξάζωσιν τὸν κύριον τὸν ἐκλογὰς ποιοῦντα ἀπὸ ² τῶν ἰδίων δούλων.

[2] Τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ πάντας ἡμᾶς εἰσαγαγεῖν ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι καὶ δωρεᾷ εἰς τὴν ἐπουράνιον ³ αὐτοῦ βασιλείαν διὰ τοῦ μονογενοῦς ⁴ παιδὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, δόξα, ⁵ τιμή, κράτος, μεγαλωσύνη εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. προσαγορεύετε πάντας τοὺς ἁγίους. ὑμᾶς οἱ σὺν ἡμῖν προσαγορεύουσιν καὶ Εὐάρεστος ὁ γράψας πανοικεί. ⁶

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The Martyrdom of Polycarp

1. Not of course to be identified with the famous heretic. If Marcianus be the right text, it is noteworthy that Irenaeus sent his treatise on the The Apostolic Preaching to a certain Marcianus. But this was probably forty years later than Polycarp’s death.

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