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Polycarp: source notes

Polycarp: source notes

Works: Letter to the Philippians (c. 110–135). Edition/translation: ANF vol. 1 (Roberts–Donaldson), as on New Advent. Greek: Lightfoot/Holmes, Apostolic Fathers (key words to verify against a printed Greek text).

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S1: Philippians 1.3

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0136.htm
  • Text: “knowing that by grace you are saved, not of works, but by the will of God through Jesus Christ.”
  • Context: Echoes Eph 2:8–9 in a pastoral greeting.
  • Bears on: Q2
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine F10

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F10 S1: Philippians 2.1

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0136.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “ar and truth, as those who have forsaken the vain, empty talk and error of the multitude, and believed in Him who raised up our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead, and gave Him glory, 1 Peter 1:21 and a throne at His right hand.”
  • Context: God ‘raised up our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead’.
  • Bears on: F10.1
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine F11

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F11 S1: Philippians 2.1

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0136.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “ar and truth, as those who have forsaken the vain, empty talk and error of the multitude, and believed in Him who raised up our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead, and gave Him glory, 1 Peter 1:21 and a throne at His right hand.”
  • Context:
  • Bears on: F11.1
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine F13

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F13 S1: Philippians 2.1