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Epistle to the Philippians

Epistle to the Philippians

Saint Polycarp of Smyrna · Historical English edition; series volume first published 1885 · 39 words
Historical English translation. Original wording is not automatically translated.
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The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians

Polycarp, and the presbyters with him, to the Church of God sojourning at Philippi: Mercy to you, and peace from God Almighty, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour, be multiplied.

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ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus. Historical English edition; series volume first published 1885.

Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson

Ancient work and historical English translation: public domain in the United States (published before 1931). Copyright rules vary by country. This is a historical source transcription, not an official Church edition. Modern website material is not reproduced.

Historical footnotes and publisher introductions are omitted. Author-written openings are retained. Paragraph whitespace is normalized. Transcriptions can contain errors; this is not a critical edition. Attribution follows the historical edition, not universal scholarly agreement.

Digitization provenance (not an external reading link): https://www.ccel.org/ccel/s/schaff/anf01.xml

Source section: iv.ii · Text SHA-256: e43f9b841f6b20e79abda0fe254f32b39993a5410fd2dd2170d807a29f0c7c06