{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Inasmuch, therefore, as I have\r\nnot been able to write to all\r\nchurches, because I must suddenly\r\nsail from Troas to Neapolis, as the\r\nwill<a id=\"r1380\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1380\"><sup>[1380]</sup></a> [of the emperor] enjoins, [I\r\nbeg that] thou, as being acquainted\r\nwith the purpose<a id=\"r1381\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1381\"><sup>[1381]</sup></a> of God, wilt\r\nwrite to the adjacent churches,\r\nthat they also may act in like\r\nmanner, such as are able to do so\r\nsending messengers, and the others\r\ntransmitting letters through those\r\npersons who are sent by thee, that\r\nthou mayest be glorified by a\r\nwork<a id=\"r1382\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1382\"><sup>[1382]</sup></a> which shall be remembered\r\nfor ever, as indeed thou art worthy\r\nto be. I salute all by name, and\r\nin particular the wife of Epitropus,\r\nwith all her house and children.\r\nI salute Attalus, my beloved. I\r\nsalute him who shall be deemed\r\nworthy to go [from you] into\r\nSyria. Grace shall be with him\r\nfor ever, and with Polycarp that\r\nsends him. I pray for your happiness\r\nfor ever in our God, Jesus\r\nChrist, by whom continue ye in\r\nthe unity and under the protection\r\nof God. I salute Alce, my\r\ndearly beloved<a id=\"r1383\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1383\"><sup>[1383]</sup></a> Amen. Grace\r\n[be with you]. Fare ye well in\r\nthe Lord.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS. (SHORTER AND LONGER.)","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO POLYCARP.","Chap. viii.—Let other churches also send to Antioch."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-590"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"fd31a7298446ad466cc660bbde26dbca966d32483f2cdd7bc88bb36b34359a18","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-f1382","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":"f1382","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1382\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1382\">1382</a>. </span>Literally, “an eternal work.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1382","text_sha256":"e15a85407ce30b3fad6592428a78ba073ab34224c4337b7767b69c4df86d9302","verified":false,"work_id":null}