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Martyrdom of Polycarp

Martyrdom of Polycarp — Kirsopp Lake 1912 English translation

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Martyrdom of Polycarp 2:1

Blessed then and noble are all the martyrdoms which took place according to the will of God, for we must be very careful to assign the power over all to God.

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Martyrdom of Polycarp 2:2

For who would not admire their nobility and patience and love of their Master? For some were torn by scourging until the mechanism of their flesh was seen even to the lower veins and arteries, and they endured so that even the bystanders pitied them and mourned. And some even reached such a pitch of nobility that none of them groaned or wailed, showing to all of us that at that hour of their torture the noble martyrs of Christ were absent from the flesh, or rather that the Lord was standing by and talking with them.

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Martyrdom of Polycarp 2:3

And paying heed to the grace of Christ they despised worldly tortures, by a single hour purchasing everlasting life. And the fire of their cruel torturers had no heat for them, for they set before their eyes an escape from the fire which is everlasting and is never quenched, and with the eyes of their heart they looked up to the good things which are preserved for those who have endured, `which neither ear hath heard nor hath eye seen, nor hath it entered into the heart of man,' but it was shown by the Lord to them who were no longer men but already angels.

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Martyrdom of Polycarp 2:4

And in the same way also those who were condemned to the beasts endured terrible torment, being stretched on sharp shells and buffeted with other kinds of various torments, that if it were possible the tyrant might bring them to a denial by continuous torture. For the devil used many wiles against them.

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Recorded completeness: Chapter 23 includes the alternative Moscow conclusion as labelled by Lake.. Available reading sections are listed below.

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