{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Since Christ has, to our wonder,<a id=\"r1989\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1989\"><sup>[1989]</sup></a> been made known among\r\nus to be the Son of the living God, and to have become man\r\nin these last times by means of the Virgin Mary,<a id=\"r1990\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1990\"><sup>[1990]</sup></a> of the seed\r\nof David and Abraham, according to the announcements\r\npreviously made regarding Him and through Him by the\r\ncompany of the prophets, we therefore beseech and entreat\r\nthat, by thy wisdom, Maris our friend, bishop of our native\r\nNeapolis,<a id=\"r1991\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1991\"><sup>[1991]</sup></a> which is near Zarbus,<a id=\"r1992\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1992\"><sup>[1992]</sup></a> and Eulogius, and Sobelus\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_484\">484</span>the presbyter, be sent to us, that we be not destitute of such\r\nas preside over the divine word; as Moses also says, “Let\r\nthe Lord God look out a man who shall guide this people,\r\nand the congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep which\r\nhave no shepherd.”<a id=\"r1993\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1993\"><sup>[1993]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","APPENDIX. THE SPURIOUS EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS.","THE EPISTLE OF MARIA THE PROSELYTE TO IGNATIUS.","Chap. i.—Occasion of the epistle."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-857"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"0993ad5bde26a9f52f34dc91e5c4f889b91616aa8493622e1768e5aedfed3ea6","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-f1991","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":"f1991","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1991\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1991\">1991</a>. </span>The <abbr class=\"spell\"><span class=\"fss\">MS.</span></abbr> has Ἠμελάπης, which Vossius and others deem a mistake\r\nfor ἡμεδαπῆς, as translated above.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1991","text_sha256":"433ceb274804e2892dca192d64c8e9d7d5ca58377049211773abf8d586aee4be","verified":false,"work_id":null}