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*[https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1-300/polycarp-11629601.html Who Was Polycarp?], Christianity.com | *[https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1-300/polycarp-11629601.html Who Was Polycarp?], Christianity.com | ||
| − | *[https://earlychristianwritings.com/polycarp.html St. Polycarp of Smyrna] | + | *[https://archive.ph/41tV8 Polycarp], Christianity Today |
| − | *[https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/study/module/polycarp/ Polycarp’s Martyrdom] | + | *[https://earlychristianwritings.com/polycarp.html St. Polycarp of Smyrna], Early Christian Writings website |
| + | *[https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/study/module/polycarp/ Polycarp’s Martyrdom], Christian History Institute | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Saint Polycarp (AD 70-156) was Bishop of Smyrna in Asia Minor. He was a disciple of Saint John.
After 86 years of serving Christ the Lord, he laid down his life for Him in a heroic martyrdom by the Romans. His Letter to the Philippians [1] gives a good indication of what Catholic Christianity was like at the time. He knew Ignatius of Antioch who was also martyred.
"Our chief sources of information concerning St. Polycarp are: (1) the Epistles of St. Ignatius; (2) St. Polycarp's own Epistle to the Philippians; (3) sundry passages in St. Irenæus; (4) the Letter of the Smyrnaeans recounting the martyrdom of St. Polycarp."[2]
See also
External links
- Who Was Polycarp?, Christianity.com
- Polycarp, Christianity Today
- St. Polycarp of Smyrna, Early Christian Writings website
- Polycarp’s Martyrdom, Christian History Institute