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I swear I've been to this bar before ...

stephan happy huller wrote:I swear I've been to this bar before ...

Welcome aboard.

I'm trying to recreate some of the same community that we had over at the other place... this starts with trying to pick up some of the threads in progress.

now that I talk to you I always meant to tell you you should put this up at your other site


http://www.ccg.org/english/s/b3.html

stephan happy huller wrote:now that I talk to you I always meant to tell you you should put this up at your other site


http://www.ccg.org/english/s/b3.html

Hey, that's great, thank you.

I've added it to my Clement of Alexandria page.

Stephen Huller wrote:Irenaeus is credited with writing the original account of Polycarp's death

Is he? On what grounds?

Peter Kirby wrote:

Stephen Huller wrote:Irenaeus is credited with writing the original account of Polycarp's death

Is he? On what grounds?

The end of the Martyrdom of Polycarp reads

These things Caius transcribed from the copy of Irenaeus (who was a disciple of Polycarp), having himself been intimate with Irenaeus. And I Socrates transcribed them at Corinth from the copy of Caius. Grace be with you all.
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This amounts to a claim that the text of the Martyrdom goes back to Irenaeus' copy thereof.
However: a/ This is not a direct claim that Irenaeus was involved in composing the martyrdom.
b/ There may be a question mark about the authenticity of this last section. It is not alluded to in Eusebius' version of the martyrdom.

Andrew Criddle

stephan happy huller wrote:I swear I've been to this bar before ...

The bar-staff seem better, tho.