{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/001/0010098.htm","path":"chr/ecf/001/0010098.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/001/0010098.htm","text":"The Church of God which sojourns at Smyrna, to the Church of God sojourning in Philomelium, 420 and to all the congregations 421 of the Holy and Catholic Church in every place: Mercy, peace, and love from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, be multiplied.\nSome read, \u201cPhiladelphia,\u201d but on inferior authority. Philomelium was a city of Phrygia.\n39:421\nThe word in the original is \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03af\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2, from which the English \u201cparishes\u201d is derived.","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: POLYCARP: The Martyrdom of Po...","type":"page"}