Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">They did not nail him then, but simply bound him. And\r\nhe, placing his hands behind him, and being bound like a\r\ndistinguished ram [taken] out of a great flock for sacrifice,\r\nand prepared to be an acceptable burnt-offering unto God,\r\nlooked up to heaven, and said, “O Lord God Almighty, the\r\nFather of Thy beloved and blessed Son Jesus Christ, by whom\r\nwe have received the knowledge of Thee, the God of angels\r\nand powers, and of every creature, and of the whole race of\r\nthe righteous who live before thee, I give Thee thanks that\r\nThou hast counted me worthy of this day and this hour, that\r\nI should have a part in the number of Thy martyrs, in the\r\ncup<a id=\"r432\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f432\"><sup>[432]</sup></a> of thy Christ, to the resurrection of eternal life, both\r\nof soul and body, through the incorruption [imparted] by\r\nthe Holy Ghost. Among whom may I be accepted this day\r\nbefore Thee as a fat<a id=\"r433\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f433\"><sup>[433]</sup></a> and acceptable sacrifice, according as\r\nThou, the ever-truthful<a id=\"r434\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f434\"><sup>[434]</sup></a> God, hast fore-ordained, hast revealed\r\nbeforehand to me, and now hast fulfilled. Wherefore\r\nalso I praise Thee for all things, I bless Thee, I glorify\r\nThee, along with the everlasting and heavenly Jesus Christ,\r\nThy beloved Son, with whom, to Thee, and the Holy Ghost,\r\nbe glory both now and to all coming ages. Amen.”<a id=\"r435\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f435\"><sup>[435]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE MARTYRDOM OF POLYCARP.","THE ENCYCLICAL EPISTLE OF THE CHURCH AT SMYRNA CONCERNING THE MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY POLYCARP.","Chap. xiv.—The prayer of Polycarp."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-151"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"5b8897aa38250ad5f0678072a96f5e5e0941b37076c11849ddc39077c0f8c4ca","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f434","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f434","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f434\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r434\">434</a>.  </span>Literally, “the not false and true God.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f434","text_sha256":"5a06c15eb2388f4567715169e56f0328c3dab3e0b7cdc463c9429ab90deaab95","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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