# to anyone who is interested.... \[RIP Polycarp\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200 "2013-11-06T01:01:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/81 "2013-11-06T06:58:39Z")
I am sorry for your loss. He was good people. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/82 "2013-11-06T07:17:12Z")
That came as quite the shock. ☹ _Profisiscere, anima Christiana, de hoc mundo_, and may thy place today be found in peace, and may thy dwelling be the Holy Mount of Sion, through the Same, through Christ, our Lord. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/83 "2013-11-06T07:24:27Z")
My condolences. Like many here, he touched my life. Godspeed Polycarp. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/84 "2013-11-06T07:26:59Z")
Hang tough. He was an oak to me & I really liked his outlook on life. Peace to you. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/85 "2013-11-06T07:30:48Z")
I am very sorry to hear this news. I always enjoyed **Polycarp** ’s posts. Know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, Mrs. Carp. ---
**Author:** ![LadyMack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@LadyMack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadyMack)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/86 "2013-11-06T07:32:33Z")
So sorry to hear this. My thoughts are with you. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/87 "2013-11-06T07:33:09Z")
Truly, horribly shocked by this awful news. **Poly’s** erudition and intellectual honesty was an example to me, and his compassion was limitless. My sincerest, most heartfelt sympathies to you. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/88 "2013-11-06T07:38:23Z")
I am devastated. One voice of the few voices I earnestly listened to; I never he felt he had any agenda other than compassion. My condolences. I will miss him terribly. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/89 "2013-11-06T07:42:16Z")
A great loss for us all. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/90 "2013-11-06T07:53:36Z")
Oh my. I’m so sorry. Of all the people here, he was one of those I respected the most. יהי זכרו ברוך ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/91 "2013-11-06T09:38:57Z")
I’m so sorry to hear about Polycarp’s passing. My deepest condolences to his family. I know he was loved here on the SDMB and will be sorely missed. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/92 "2013-11-06T09:42:48Z")
I’m sitting here, my eyes filled with tears. Poly was a unique man who was a blessing to every soul he touched. All of us stand a little taller for having known him. Godspeed, Poly. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/93 "2013-11-06T09:45:41Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Oh, I am so sorry for your loss and wish the family peace in this time. Our virtual community’s self-described “saint of many fish” was greatly appreciated; I shall miss his contributions. > > _Dona eis, Domine, requiem aeternam, et lux perpetua luceat eis_ More appropriate than the Latin is this, from the original writing of his chosen namesake. It’s from the original Polycarp’s only surviving writing: Συνεχάρην ὑμῖν μεγάλως ἐν τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χρισῷ, δεξαμένοις τὰ μιμήματα τῆς ἀληθοῦς ἀγάπης καὶ προπέμψασιν, ὡς ἐπέβαλεν ὑμῖν, τοὺς ἐνειλημένους τοῖς ἁγιοπρεπέσιν δεσμοῖς, ἅτινά ἐστιν διαδήματα τῶν ἀληθῶς ὑπὸ θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ἐκλελεγμένων· Best translation I could find: I rejoice with you greatly in our Lord Jesus Christ, having welcomed the replicas of true love and having sent on their way, as was incumbent upon you, those confined by chains fitting for saints which are the crowns of those truly chosen by God and our Lord. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/94 "2013-11-06T10:59:15Z")
I’m so sorry. Another doper I’ll miss very much. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/95 "2013-11-06T11:42:43Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/96 "2013-11-06T12:19:33Z")
**Polycarp** was one of the few posters here who could argue religion without making you feel like you were being proselytized. He brought a wealth of knowledge to every post he contributed and will be sorely missed. I should also add that he was **Persephone’s** favorite poster while she was with us. God speed to a truly good person. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/97 "2013-11-06T12:29:28Z")
Aw, man. I was thinking about him within the last couple of months and wondering how he was. When I came over from the Left Behind boards, he was an example to me in how to talk about religion well. I am sure he is at peace, and my thoughts are with you. Thank you for letting us know. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/98 "2013-11-06T12:49:18Z")
I’m so, so saddened and shocked to hear this. I only knew him from these Message Boards, of course, but I admired him and will always remember the thought-provoking exchanges. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/99 "2013-11-06T12:49:53Z")
I’m so sorry, condolences. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200/100 "2013-11-06T13:00:21Z")
May the Holy Spirit console you in your loss, and all of us who miss him, as well. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anyone-who-is-interested-rip-polycarp/673200.md?page=6)