Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Now, as Polycarp was entering into the stadium, there\r\ncame to him a voice from heaven, saying, “Be strong, and\r\nshow thyself a man, O Polycarp!” No one saw who it was\r\nthat spoke to him; but those of our brethren who were\r\npresent heard the voice. And as he was brought forward,\r\nthe tumult became great when they heard that Polycarp was\r\ntaken. And when he came near, the proconsul asked him\r\nwhether he was Polycarp. On his confessing that he was,\r\n[the proconsul] sought to persuade him to deny [Christ],\r\nsaying, “Have respect to thy old age,” and other similar\r\nthings, according to their custom, [such as], “Swear by the\r\nfortune of Cæsar; repent, and say, Away with the Atheists.”\r\nBut Polycarp, gazing with a stern countenance on all the\r\nmultitude of the wicked heathen then in the stadium, and\r\nwaving his hand towards them, while with groans he looked\r\nup to heaven, said, “Away with the Atheists.”<a id=\"r421\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f421\"><sup>[421]</sup></a> Then, the\r\nproconsul urging him, and saying, “Swear, and I will set\r\nthee at liberty, reproach Christ;” Polycarp declared, “Eighty\r\nand six years have I served Him, and He never did me\r\nany injury: how then can I blaspheme my King and my\r\nSaviour?”</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. ix.—Polycarp refuses to revile Christ."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-146"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"9b5c0514bc495fed57aeb35626db6ee6c3527d7ac8eb01dcf2737ad211d209bf","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-f421","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":"f421","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f421\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r421\">421</a>.  </span>Referring the words to the heathen, and not to the Christians, as\r\nwas desired.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f421","text_sha256":"f718f3db3c311b0da46e1ce17deda103498a04a3368dac8339e513448d8e58d2","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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