Sophia Scriptura

Martyrdom of Polycarp 20.2

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

Summary: The letter closes with a doxology and greetings from Evarestus, its writer.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:338–340

Τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ πάντας ἡμᾶς εἰσαγαγεῖν ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι καὶ δωρεᾷ εἰς τὴν ἐπουράνιον αὐτοῦ βασιλείαν διὰ τοῦ μονογενοῦς παιδὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, δόξα, τιμή, κράτος, μεγαλωσύνη εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. προσαγορεύετε πάντας τοὺς ἁγίους. ὑμᾶς οἱ σὺν ἡμῖν προσαγορεύουσιν καὶ Εὐάρεστος ὁ γράψας πανοικεί.

English · Claude translation

To him who is able to bring us all by his grace and gift into his heavenly kingdom, through his only-begotten Servant Jesus Christ, be glory, honor, might, and majesty forever. Greet all the saints. Those with us greet you, and so does Evarestus, who wrote this, with his whole household.

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Source
Lake, LCL 25:338–340 · 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

  • “Who wrote this”: Evarestus was probably the scribe who wrote the letter down.

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Mart. Pol. 20.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/20/2/).

Plain text
Mart. Pol. 20.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/20/2/).

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