Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Let us consider that wonderful sign [of the resurrection]\r\nwhich takes place in eastern lands, that is, in Arabia and the\r\ncountries round about. There is a certain bird which is\r\ncalled a phœnix. This is the only one of its kind, and lives\r\nfive hundred years. And when the time of its dissolution\r\ndraws near that it must die, it builds itself a nest of frankincense,\r\nand myrrh, and other spices, into which, when the\r\ntime is fulfilled, it enters and dies. But as the flesh decays\r\na certain kind of worm is produced, which, being nourished\r\nby the juices of the dead bird, brings forth feathers. Then,\r\nwhen it has acquired strength, it takes up that nest in which\r\nare the bones of its parent, and bearing these it passes from\r\nthe land of Arabia into Egypt, to the city called Heliopolis.\r\nAnd, in open day, flying in the sight of all men, it places\r\nthem on the altar of the sun, and having done this, hastens\r\nback to its former abode. The priests then inspect the\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_26\">26</span>registers of the dates, and find that it has returned exactly as\r\nthe five hundredth year was completed.<a id=\"r102\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f102\"><sup>[102]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT.","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS.","Chap. xxv.—The phœnix an emblem of our resurrection."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-69"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b4fed8363b15b5a856332dd1f4200256bef9e454b8f534df819dd9bbd220a6de","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-f102","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":"f102","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f102\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r102\">102</a>.  </span>This fable respecting the phœnix is mentioned by Herodotus (<abbr title=\"two\">ii.</abbr> 73),\r\nand by Pliny (<i>Nat. Hist.</i> <abbr title=\"ten\">x.</abbr> 2), and is used as above by Tertullian (<i>De\r\nResurr.</i> § 13), and by others of the fathers.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f102","text_sha256":"459eee9aef69f9bac233c894e991d2479111f301b3bc63f46a2d436cb0253597","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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