The Martyrdom of Polycarp, 21

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[1] Now the blessed Polycarp was martyred on the¹ second day of the first half of the month of Xanthicus, the seventh day before the kalends of March,² a great sabbath, at the eighth hour. And he was arrested by Herod, when Philip of Tralles was High Priest, when Statius Quadratus was Pro-Consul, but Jesus Christ was reigning³ for ever, to whom be glory, honour, majesty and an eternal throne, from generation to generation. Amen.

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.) — 21 focus

[1] Μαρτυρεῖ δὲ ὁ μακάριος Πολύκαρπος μηνὸς Ξανθικοῦ ¹ δευτέρᾳ ἱσταμένου, πρὸ ἑπτὰ καλανδῶν Μαρτίων, σαββάτῳ μεγάλῳ, ὥρᾳ ὀγδόῃ. συνελήφθη δὲ ὑπὸ Ἡρώδου ἐπὶ ἀρχιερέως Φιλίππου Τραλλιανοῦ, ἀνθυπατεύοντος Στατίου Κοδράτου, βασιλεύοντος δὲ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ: ᾧ ἡ δόξα, τιμή, μεγαλωσύνη, θρόνος αἰώνιος ἀπὸ γενεᾶς εἰς γενεάν. ἀμήν.

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The Martyrdom of Polycarp

1. The date

2. I. e. Feb. 23.

3. This phrase is pointedly inserted instead of a reference to the reigning Emperor.

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