{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">This, then, is the account of the blessed Polycarp, who,\r\nbeing the twelfth that was martyred in Smyrna (reckoning\r\nthose also of Philadelphia), yet occupies a place of his own<a id=\"r448\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f448\"><sup>[448]</sup></a>\r\nin the memory of all men, insomuch that he is everywhere\r\nspoken of by the heathen themselves. He was not merely\r\nan illustrious teacher, but also a pre-eminent martyr, whose\r\nmartyrdom all desire to imitate, as having been altogether\r\nconsistent with the gospel of Christ. For, having through\r\npatience overcome the unjust governor, and thus acquired\r\nthe crown of immortality, he now, with the apostles and all\r\nthe righteous [in heaven], rejoicingly glorifies God, even the\r\nFather, and blesses our Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of\r\nour souls, the Governor of our bodies, and the Shepherd of\r\nthe catholic church throughout the world.<a id=\"r449\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f449\"><sup>[449]</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. xix.—Praise of the martyr Polycarp."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-156"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"49a3b96b76cb7cd22c425a650439223632c394a6014d75e4f80726ee34399495","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-f448","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":"f448","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f448\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r448\">448</a>. </span>Literally, “is alone remembered.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f448","text_sha256":"b3628fc19ce2f16483db5c3713936da47bd2b756424003dee69949479773c5ab","verified":false,"work_id":null}