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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Polycarp
		Of Polycarp he says, "he was not only taught by the Apostles, and lived in familiar intercourse with many that had seen Christ, but also received his appointment in Asia from the Apostles as Bishop in the Church of Smyrna".
		Polycarp's martyrdom is described in a letter from the Church of Smyrna, to the Church of Philomelium "and to all the brotherhoods of the holy and universal Church", etc. The letter begins with an account of the persecution and the heroism of the martyrs.
		Polycarp was persuaded by his friends to leave the city and conceal himself in a farm-house.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12219b.htm (2838 words)

	Polycarp - Theopedia
		Polycarp served as the bishop of the church at Smyrna (modern day Izmir in Turkey), and was recognized as one of the early combatants of Christian heresies.
		Polycarp was arrested on the charge of being a Christian -- a member of a politically dangerous cult whose rapid growth needed to be stopped.
		It, and an account of The Martyrdom of Polycarp that takes the form of a circular letter from the church of Smyrna to the churches of Pontus, form part of the collection of writings Roman Catholics term "The Apostolic Fathers" to emphasize their particular closeness to the apostles in Church traditions.
	www.theopedia.com /Polycarp (795 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Polycarp is said to have been among those converted by the Apostles, and to have been a disciple of St. John; on the other hand, his martyrdom took place c 155 CE.
		Polycarp's life is known mainly from the writings of his disciple Irenaeus of Lyons, made familiar to a wide audience by the extensive quotations in Eusebius.
		Polycarp was also a defender of the Johannine Easter date, and late in life made a visit to Rome for inconclusive talks on the subject with Pope Anicetus.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/polycarp.html (210 words)

	Polycarp
		Polycarp of Smyrna (69-155) was a Christian bishop of Smyrna in the second centuries.
		Polycarp was a correspondent of Ignatius of Antioch.
		Polycarp visited Rome during the time of Pope Anicetus, and found their customs for observing Easter differed.
	usapedia.com /p/polycarp.html (298 words)

	Polycarp
		Polycarp of Smyrna (69-155) was a Christian bishop of Smyrna in the first and second centuries.
		He died a martyr and is generally recognized as a saint in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
		One of Polycarp's disciples was Ignatius of Antioch.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/po/Polycarp.html (194 words)

	New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. IX: Petri - Reuchlin \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians, however, is a letter written to accompany the transmission of the letters of Ignatius and was requested by the Philippians (xiii.; Eng.
		The charge that it was falsified together with the letters of Ignatius is excluded by the peculiar character of the epistle and the charge of interpolation is contradicted by the use of I Clement, equally distributed throughout all the parts.
		If the supreme recognition of Polycarp was due to his old age and former intercourse with the apostles, so were likewise his presence in Rome under Anicetus and his success in the conversion of heretics (154).
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/encyc09.polycarp.html (1286 words)

	About Saint Polycarp
		Polycarp was born in 70 A D to a Christian family who received its faith from the very apostles of Lord Jesus.
		Polycarp was chosen by the bishop as his personal secretary; and later, when he was forty years old became the bishop of Smyrna.
		When Polycarp heard of these events, he was not disturbed, and desired to remain in the city.
	www.saintpolycarp.org /Saint_Polycarp_bio.htm (1300 words)

	Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna and Martyr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Polycarp was Bishop of Smyrna (today known as Izmir), a city on the west coast of Turkey.
		Polycarp is said to have known the Apostle John, and to have been instructed by him in the Christian faith.
		Polycarp, in his turn, was known to Irenaeus, who later became Bishop of Lyons in what is now France.
	justus.anglican.org /resources/bio/108.html (384 words)

	Polycarp to the Philippians (Lightfoot translation)
		Polycarp 5:2 In like manner deacons should be blameless in the presence of His righteousness, as deacons of God and Christ and not of men; not calumniators, not double-tongued, not lovers of money, temperate in all things, compassionate, diligent, walking according to the truth of the Lord who became a minister (deacon) of all.
		Polycarp 11:1 I was exceedingly grieved for Valens, who aforetime was a presbyter among you, because he is so ignorant of the office which was given unto him.
		Polycarp 13:2 The letters of Ignatius which were sent to us by him, and others as many as we had by us, we send unto you, according as ye gave charge; the which are subjoined to this letter; from which ye will be able to gain great advantage.
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /text/polycarp-lightfoot.html (1069 words)

	. POLYCARP OF SMYRNA
		Polycarp of Smyrna was a Christian bishop of Smyrna, now Izmir in Turkey, in the 2nd century.
		The Epistle and The Martyrdom of Polycarp, a circular letter from the church of Smyrna to the churches of Pontus, form part of a collection of writings termed the “Apostolic Fathers.” The Martyrdom is considered the earliest genuine account of a Christian martyrdom from the actual age of the persecutions.
		Polycarp was a great transmitter and authenticator of Christian revelation in a period when the Gospels and the Epistles were being defended by the orthodox against heretics.
	www.forerunner.com /churchfathers/X0004_.html (710 words)

	Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (c.69 - c.155)
		Kenneth Berding, "Polycarp of Smyrna's View of the Authorship of 1 and 2 Timothy," Vigiliae Christianae 53.4 (1999): 349-360.
		W.R. Schoedel, Polycarp, Martyrdom of Polycarp, Fragments of Papias.
		W.R. Schoedel, "Polycarp's Witness to Ignatius of Antioch," Vigiliae Christianae 41.1 (1987): 1-10.
	www.earlychurch.org.uk /polycarp.php (812 words)

	Polycarp
		It is possible that Polycarp was minister in the church at the time this letter arrived in Smyrna and that he read it to his congregation, little knowing that it spoke of his own martyrdom at the hands of the wicked.
		When Polycarp was an old man, at least 85 years old, a flurry of persecution broke out in Smyrna, brought on by the mobs who were thirsting for the blood of the Christians.
		Polycarp had made his love for the truth clear in a letter he wrote to the church at Philippi, in which he warned them against heresies already appearing in the church.
	www.prca.org /books/portraits/polycarp.htm (2024 words)

	Polycarp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Polycarp is recognized as a saint in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
		Polycarp was a companion of Papias (Irenaeus V.xxxii) another "hearer of John" as Irenaeus interprets Papias' testimony, and a correspondent of Ignatius of Antioch.
		Polycarp's famous pupil was Irenaeus, for whom the memory of Polycarp was a link to the apostolic past.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polycarp (1180 words)

	Orthodox Icon of St. Polycarp of Smyrna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Polycarp was consecrated bishop by those bishops who had gathered for Bucolus' funeral.
		When Polycarp was ordered to "revile Christ" by the proconsul, he responded, "I have served Him eighty-six years and in no way has He dealt unjustly with me; so how can I blaspheme my King who saved me? They tried to burn him at the stake.
		As the fires were raging in California, we asked for St. Polycarp's intercession as a conqueror of fire to aid and protect the firefighters and others; and to bring a swift end to the conflagrations.
	www.comeandseeicons.com /pha19.htm (378 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : February 23, 2006 : Polycarp of Smyrna
		Polycarp of Smyrna, was converted to Christianity by St. John the Evangelist.
		Polycarp said, "For eighty-six years I have served Him and he has never wronged me. How can I renounce the King who has saved me?" He suffered martyrdom in 155 by burning at the stake in the amphitheater of Smyrna.
		Polycarp had known those who had known Jesus, and was a disciple of St. John the Apostle, who had converted him around the year 80 AD.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2006-02-23 (769 words)

	Saint Polycarp, St. Polycarp Bishop of Smyrna and Martyr - Feast 26 January (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Martyr (A.D. ST POLYCARP was one of the most illustrious of the apostolic fathers, who, being the immediate disciples of the apostles, received instructions from their mouths, and inherited of them the spirit of Christ in a degree so much the more eminent as they lived nearer the fountain head.
		Polycarp wrote a letter to the Philippians shortly after, which is highly commended by St. Irenaeus, St. Jerome, Eusebius, Photius, and others, and is still extant.
		The pile being prepared, Polycarp put off his garments, untied his girdle, and began to take off his shoes, an office he had not been accustomed to, the Christians having always striven who should do these things for him, regarding it as a happiness to be admitted to touch him.
	www.reu.org /public/saints/polycarp.htm (4243 words)

	Smyrna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Smyrna (Greek: Σμύρνη) is an ancient city (today İzmir in Turkey) that was founded at a very early period at a central and strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia.
		Smyrna is shut in on the west by a hill now called Deirmen Tepe, with the ruins of a temple on the summit.
		Smyrna possessed two harbours, the outer, which was simply the open roadstead of the gulf, and the inner, which was a small basin, with a narrow entrance partially filled up by Tamerlane in 1402.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smyrna (1884 words)

	Polycarp of Smyrna.
		Polycarp was the bishop of Smyrna in Asia and was a contemporary of Ignatius and Papias.
		One epistle of Polycarp is extant, that to the Philippians.
		There is also a very powerful epistle of Polycarp written to the Philippians, from which those that wish to do so, and who are concerned for their own salvation, may learn the character of his faith and the preaching of the truth.
	www.textexcavation.com /polycarp.html (1247 words)

	Polycarp
		Polycarp, who died at an old age in 156, was the bishop of Smyrna in Asia Minor and represents the link between the apostolic fathers and the Christian teachers of the second century.
		But Polycarp pointed to the onlookers in the stadium and shouted "Away with the atheists." Polycarp replied to the magistrate that the fire, which burns for an hour, is not to be compared to the fire of eternal punishment.
		Polycarp and the presbyters that are with him unto the Church of God which sojourneth at Philippi; mercy unto you and peace from God Almighty and Jesus Christ our Savior be multiplied.
	www.katoliko.com /polycarp.htm (4105 words)

	Polycarp to the Philippians
		Polycarp resided in Asia Minor as bishop of Smyrna and sent an epistle to the Philippians c.
		And when the blessed Polycarp was sojourning in Rome in the time of Anicetus, although a slight controversy had arisen among them as to certain other points, they were at once well inclined towards each other [with regard to the matter in hand], not willing that any quarrel should arise between them upon this head.
		Polycarp disciple of the apostle John and by him ordained bishop of Smyrna was chief of all Asia, where he saw and had as teachers some of the apostles and of those who had seen the Lord.
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /polycarp.html (886 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of February 23
		Polycarp had known those who had known Jesus and was a disciple of the beloved Apostle John the Divine, who had converted him about 80 AD.
		Polycarp was probably the leading Christian in Roman Asia in the second century and an important link between the apostolic age and the great Christian writers of the second century.
		Fetch Polycarp." And so, at age 90 (or 80 according to Eusebius), when the persecution under Marcus Aurelius was at its height and men marvelled at the incredible resistance of the Christians, he suffered grievously, despite his great age and feebleness, at the hands of the mob.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0223.htm (4392 words)

	Polycarp of Smyrna
		Polycarp's Letter to the Philippians is one of the writings of the so-called Apostolic Fathers, but he also never mentions Linus, Cletus, or anyone who became the bishop of Rome.
		A colleague of Polycarp's was Melito of Sardis.
		Polycarp was a disciple of the apostles and successor to John in Asia Minor.
	www.cogwriter.com /polycarp.htm (6749 words)

	Rejection of Pascal's Wager: The Apostolic Succession: Polycarp and Clement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		We have seen earlier that the claims of apostolic authorship of the New Testament and the closeness of most of the apostolic fathers to the apostles are spurious.
		Early Christian tradition claimed that Polycarp was a disciple of John, son of Zebedee and was appointed to the position of bishop of Smyrna by the apostle himself.
		Polycarp (c69-c155) was bishop of Smyrna in Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and one of the so-called apostolic fathers.
	www.geocities.com /paulntobin/apostolic.html (5931 words)

	CHURCH FATHERS: Martyrdom of Polycarp
		We have written to you, brethren, as to what relates to the martyrs, and especially to the blessed Polycarp, who put an end to the persecution, having, as it were, set a seal upon it by his martyrdom.
		But the most admirable Polycarp, when he first heard [that he was sought for], was in no measure disturbed, but resolved to continue in the city.
		And when the funeral pile was ready, Polycarp, laying aside all his garments, and loosing his girdle, sought also to take off his sandals,—a thing he was not accustomed to do, inasmuch as every one of the faithful was always eager who should first touch his skin.
	www.newadvent.org /fathers/0102.htm (2927 words)

	Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, WA
		St Polycarp was Bishop of Smyrna and one of the Apostolic Fathers.
		St Polycarp was especially close to and a student of St John, and sometimes accompanied him on his apostolic journeys.
		St Polycarp was condemned to be burnt alive, and was seated on a donkey and led into the city (presumably Rome), where he was asked to slander Christ.
	home.iprimus.com.au /xenos/polycarp.html (1062 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Polycarp of Smyrna
		The Asia Minor churches recognized Polycarp's leadership and chose him representative to Pope Anicetus on the question the date of the Easter celebration.
		At 86, Polycarp was to be burned alive in a stadium in Smyrna; the flames did not harm him and he was finally killed by a dagger, and his body burned.
		The "Acts" of Polycarp's martyrdom are the earliest preserved reliable account of a Christian martyr's death.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintp13.htm (403 words)

	The Development of the Canon of the New Testament - Polycarp
		Polycarp, Greek bishop of Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey) was the leading 2nd-century figure in Roman Asia by virtue of his intermediary position between the apostolic and patristic ages and his work during the initial appearance of the fundamental theological literature of Christianity.
		Polycarp's anti-Gnostic thesis, an exemplary statement of post-apostolic theology, refuted the sectarian argument that God's incarnation in Christ, his death, and Resurrection were all imaginary phenomena of purely moral or mythological significance.
		Despite the proximity in time between Ignatius and Polycarp, as well as the obvious affinity of their spirits in Christian fortitude, one recognizes in Polycarp a temperament much less oriented to ecclesiastical polity and possessing a much wider acquaintance with the New Testament.
	www.ntcanon.org /Polycarp.shtml (878 words)

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