{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Now these things took place on the thirteenth day before\r\nthe Calends of January, that is, on the twentieth of\r\nDecember, Sura and Senecio being then the consuls of the\r\nRomans for the second time. Having ourselves been eye-witnesses\r\nof these things, and having spent the whole night\r\nin tears within the house, and having entreated the Lord,\r\nwith bended knees and much prayer, that He would give us\r\nweak men full assurance respecting the things which were\r\ndone,<a id=\"r1461\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1461\"><sup>[1461]</sup></a> it came to pass, on our falling into a brief slumber,\r\nthat some of us saw the blessed Ignatius suddenly standing\r\nby us and embracing us, while others beheld him again praying\r\nfor us, and others still saw him dropping with sweat, as\r\nif he had just come from his great labour, and standing by\r\nthe Lord. When, therefore, we had with great joy witnessed\r\nthese things, and had compared our several visions<a id=\"r1462\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1462\"><sup>[1462]</sup></a> together,\r\nwe sang praise to God, the giver of all good things, and\r\nexpressed our sense of the happiness of the holy [martyr];\r\nand now we have made known to you both the day and the\r\ntime [when these things happened], that, assembling ourselves\r\ntogether according to the time of his martyrdom, we may\r\nhave fellowship with the champion and noble martyr of\r\nChrist, who trode under foot the devil, and perfected the\r\ncourse which, out of love to Christ, he had desired, in Christ\r\nJesus our Lord; by whom, and with whom, be glory and\r\npower to the Father, with the Holy Spirit, for evermore!\r\nAmen.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE MARTYRDOM OF IGNATIUS.","THE MARTYRDOM OF IGNATIUS.","Chap. vii.—Ignatius appears in a vision after his death."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-630"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"ddb88f23956a1ac35efb41a7682a3c81da3d49dec232310f6cae9e635bcd5407","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-f1462","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":"f1462","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1462\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1462\">1462</a>. </span>Literally, “the visions of the dreams.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1462","text_sha256":"09052495e8aecf7488e9cc3e3e44cf26e337de9065a0ad79963a2dfeb02612e4","verified":false,"work_id":null}