{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">The centurion then, seeing the strife excited by the Jews,\r\nplaced the body<a id=\"r444\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f444\"><sup>[444]</sup></a> in the midst of the fire, and consumed it.\r\nAccordingly, we afterwards took up his bones, as being more\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_94\">94</span>precious than the most exquisite jewels, and more purified<a id=\"r445\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f445\"><sup>[445]</sup></a>\r\nthan gold, and deposited them in a fitting place, whither,\r\nbeing gathered together, as opportunity is allowed us, with\r\njoy and rejoicing, the Lord shall grant us to celebrate the\r\nanniversary<a id=\"r446\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f446\"><sup>[446]</sup></a> of his martyrdom, both in memory of those\r\nwho have already finished their course,<a id=\"r447\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f447\"><sup>[447]</sup></a> and for the exercising\r\nand preparation of those yet to walk in their steps.</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. xviii.—The body of Polycarp is burned."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-155"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"9afb8539560a9518ec120f816c7c2242d9fd2cd3d69dd97940cc48c7993c126f","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-f446","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":"f446","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f446\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r446\">446</a>. </span>Literally, “the birth-day.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f446","text_sha256":"a20376f80c117d6532c1aaa450a441fd46aad37359e60d163ba64868c801fdf1","verified":false,"work_id":null}