Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume I/POLYCARP/The Martyrdom of Polycarp

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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol.1, The Martyrdom of Polycarp by Polycarp, translated by Philip Schaff et al.
The Martyrdom of Polycarp

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The Encyclical Epistle of the Church at Smyrna Concerning the Martyrdom of the Holy Polycarp

The Church of God which sojourns at Smyrna, to the Church of God sojourning in Philomelium,^[1] and to all the congregations^[2] of the Holy and Catholic Church in every place: Mercy, peace, and love from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, be multiplied.

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↑ Some read, “Philadelphia,” but on inferior authority. Philomelium was a city of Phrygia.
↑ The word in the original is ποροικίαις, from which the English “parishes” is derived.

[1] Some read, “Philadelphia,” but on inferior authority. Philomelium was a city of Phrygia.

[2] The word in the original is ποροικίαις, from which the English “parishes” is derived.

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