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Martyrdom of Polycarp

Martyrdom of Polycarp — Kirsopp Lake 1912 English translation

Unverified edition · Chapter 22

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Martyrdom of Polycarp 22:1

We bid you God-speed, brethren, who walk according to the Gospel, in the word of Jesus Christ (with whom be glory to God and the Father and the Holy Spirit), for the salvation of the Holy Elect, even as the blessed Polycarp suffered martyrdom, in whose footsteps may it be granted us to be found in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.

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Martyrdom of Polycarp 22:2

Gaius copied this from the writing of Irenaeus, a disciple of Polycarp, and he lived with Irenaeus, and I, Socrates, wrote it out in Corinth, from the copies of Gaius. Grace be with you all.

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Martyrdom of Polycarp 22:3

And I, again, Pionius, wrote it out from the former writings, after searching for it, because the blessed Polycarp showed it me in a vision, as I will explain in what follows, and I gathered it together when it was almost worn out by age, that the Lord Jesus Christ may also gather me together with his elect into his heavenly kingdom, to whom be glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever, Amen.

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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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