Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">I write to all the churches, and\r\nimpress on them all, that I shall\r\nwillingly die for God, unless ye\r\nhinder me. I beseech of you not\r\nto show an unseasonable good-will\r\ntowards me. Suffer me to become\r\nfood for the wild beasts, through\r\nwhose instrumentality it will be\r\ngranted me to attain to God. I\r\nam the wheat of God, and am\r\nground by the teeth of the wild\r\nbeasts, that I may be found the\r\npure bread of God. Rather entice\r\nthe wild beasts, that they may\r\nbecome my tomb, and may leave\r\nnothing of my body; so that when\r\nI have fallen asleep [in death], I\r\nmay not be found troublesome to\r\nany one. Then shall I be a true\r\ndisciple of Jesus Christ, when the\r\nworld shall not see so much as my\r\nbody. Entreat the Lord for me,\r\nthat by these instruments<a id=\"r1106\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1106\"><sup>[1106]</sup></a> I may\r\nbe found a sacrifice to God. I do\r\nnot, as Peter and Paul, issue commandments\r\nunto you. They were\r\napostles of Jesus Christ, but I am\r\nthe very least [of believers]: they\r\nwere free,<a id=\"r1107\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1107\"><sup>[1107]</sup></a> as the servants of\r\nGod; while I am, even until\r\nnow, a servant. But when I\r\nsuffer, I shall be the freed-man of\r\nJesus Christ, and shall rise again\r\nemancipated in Him. And now,\r\nbeing in bonds for Him, I learn\r\nnot to desire anything worldly\r\nor vain.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS. (SHORTER AND LONGER.)","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE ROMANS.","Chap. iv.—Allow me to fall a prey to the wild beasts."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-426"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"6f41a421cc9a1bdbf28875b4d5bc24697facc5c5ddbd740fa068b8868cb7df43","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-f1106","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":"f1106","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1106\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1106\">1106</a>.  </span><abbr class=\"spell\"><i>i.e.</i></abbr> by the teeth of the wild beasts.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1106","text_sha256":"1812af66cc371fbaab4249d21ba08006bd2fb85c6bccc824ea1789f8c4f2c351","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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