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Martyrium des Hl. Polykarp (BKV)

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Da man die Nachforschungen nach ihm eifrig fortsetzte, flüchtete er sich in ein anderes Landhaus, und sofort waren die, welche ihn suchten, ihm auf der Spur. Und als sie ihn nicht fanden, ergriffen sie zwei junge Sklaven, von denen einer auf der Folter bekannte. Es war nämlich unmöglich, daß er verborgen blieb, da die welche ihn verrieten, seine Hausgenossen waren¹ . S. 300 Der Irenarch, der denselben Namen Herodes trug, beeilte sich, ihn in die Rennbahn zu bringen, damit jener seine Bestimmung erreiche, indem er Christi Genosse wurde, seine Verräter aber die Strafe des Judas treffe.

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The Encyclical Epistle of the Church at Smyrna Concerning the Martyrdom of the Holy Polycarp

Chapter VI.--Polycarp is betrayed by a servant.

And when those who sought for him were at hand, he departed to another dwelling, whither his pursuers immediately came after him. And when they found him not, they seized upon two youths [that were there], one of whom, being subjected to torture, confessed. It was thus impossible that he should continue hid, since those that betrayed him were of his own household. The Irenarch ¹ then (whose office is the same as that of the Cleronomus ² ), by name Herod, hastened to bring him into the stadium. [This all happened] that he might fulfil his special lot, being made a partaker of Christ, and that they who betrayed him might undergo the punishment of Judas himself.