{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Having beheld your bishop, I\r\nknow that he was not selected to\r\nundertake the ministry which pertains\r\nto the common [weal], either\r\nby himself or by men,<a id=\"r1145\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1145\"><sup>[1145]</sup></a> or out of\r\nvainglory, but by the love of Jesus\r\nChrist, and of God the Father,\r\nwho raised Him from the dead; at\r\nwhose meekness I am struck with\r\nadmiration, and who by His silence\r\nis able to accomplish more than\r\nthey who talk a great deal. For\r\nhe is in harmony with the commandments\r\nand ordinances of the\r\nLord, even as the strings are with\r\nthe harp, and is no less blameless\r\nthan was Zacharias the priest.<a id=\"r1146\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1146\"><sup>[1146]</sup></a>\r\nWherefore my soul declares his\r\nmind towards God a happy one,\r\nknowing it to be virtuous and perfect,\r\nand that his stability as well\r\nas freedom from all anger is after\r\nthe example of the infinite meekness\r\nof the living God.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS. (SHORTER AND LONGER.)","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE PHILADELPHIANS.","Chap. i.—Praise of the bishop."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-458"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"bc37d90cd1242288191b485a78c52788caa87e04b3ff3769579f42cde044d1af","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"GAL","chapter":1,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Gal. i. 1","verse":1,"verse_end":1}],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1145","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":"f1145","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1145\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1145\">1145</a>. </span>Comp. <abbr title=\"Galatians\">Gal.</abbr> <abbr title=\"one\">i.</abbr> 1.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1145","text_sha256":"d5a4a1788984e45f4e9977dbf5824e28d9e4a89cf6edcd57b3b4fdf6092d2e70","verified":false,"work_id":null}