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Martyrdom of Polycarp 18.2

Anonymous · Martyrdom of Polycarp · ca. 156–160 · Smyrna · Read in context

Summary: The Christians gathered Polycarp's bones and laid them to rest.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:336

οὕτως τε ἡμεῖς ὕστερον ἀνελόμενοι τὰ τιμιώτερα λίθων πολυτελῶν καὶ δοκιμώτερα ὑπὲρ χρυσίον ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἀπεθέμεθα, ὅπου καὶ ἀκόλουθον ἦν.

English · Claude translation

And so we afterward took up his bones, more precious than costly stones and more refined than gold, and laid them where it was fitting.

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Source
Lake, LCL 25:336 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 312–345 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.
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Notes

Translation notes

  • This is among the earliest witnesses to Christian care for the remains of martyrs.

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Mart. Pol. 18.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/18/2/).

Plain text
Mart. Pol. 18.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/18/2/).

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