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

p. 39

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.

Footnotes

39:420

Some read, “Philadelphia,” but on inferior authority. Philomelium was a city of Phrygia.

39:421

The word in the original is ποροικίαις, from which the English “parishes” is derived.