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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 194
… sent bound to Rome, and when he had come on his voyage as far as Smyrna, where Polycarp the pupil of John was bishop, he wrote one epistle To the Ephesians, another To the Magnesians …
881 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 52
… The Ephesians from Smyrna (whence I also write to you), who are here for the glory of God, as ye also are, who have in all things refreshed me, salute you, along with Polycarp, the …
893 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 389
… On the contrary, those presbyters who preceded thee, and who did not observe [this custom], sent the Eucharist to those of other dioceses who did observe it. [4805] And when the blessed Polycarp was sojourning …
2,720 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 72
… 18); and of Irenæus at Rome hearing a voice as of a trumpet at the exact hour when Polycarp suffered at Smyrna proclaiming Polycarp has been martyred' (Vid. Ep. Smyrn.). Bp. Lightfoot (Apostolic Fathers 1 …
1,239 wordsThe Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 522
… Apollinaris was bishop of Hierapolis on the Mæander, and, Lightfoot thinks, was probably with Melito and Polycrates, known to Polycarp, and influenced by his example and doctrine. [3761] He addressed his Apology, which is honourably …
2,278 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 124
… In Asia Minor he was a pupil of Polycarp (cf. the fragment of Irenæus' letter to Florinus, quoted by Eusebius, Bk. V. chap. 20). The Moscow ms. of the Martyrium Polycarpi states that Irenæus was …
1,374 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 388
… For, while I was yet a boy, I saw thee in Lower Asia with Polycarp, distinguishing thyself in the royal court, [4799] and endeavouring to gain his approbation. For I have a more vivid recollection …
2,372 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 100
… It was, then, quite natural that Irenæus, a whole generation later, knowing that Polycarp was a disciple of the apostle John, and finding constant mention of a John in Papias' works, should simply take for …
2,709 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 160
… The first discussion of the question took place between Polycarp and Anicetus, bishop of Rome, when the former was on a visit to that city, between 150 and 155. Irenæus gives an account of this …
1,807 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 92
… 3, 4. [778] Polycarp suffered martyrdom in 156 a.d. (see Lightfoot, Apostolic Fathers, Part II. Vol. I. p. 629-702, containing conclusive proof of this, as well as a history of the question); whence …
2,009 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 200
… And John too, who lay on Our Lord's breast and was his high priest carrying the golden frontlet on his forehead, both martyr and doctor, fell asleep at Ephesus and Polycarp bishop and martyr …
708 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 198
… It is certain too that he was a disciple of Polycarp, the priest and martyr, whom we mentioned above. He wrote five books Against heresies and a short volume, Against the nations and another On …
725 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 95
… I salute the holy bishop Polycarp; I salute the holy bishop Vitalius, and the sacred presbytery, and my fellow-servants the deacons; in whose stead may my soul be found. Once more I bid farewell …
723 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 88
… Chapter XIII.--Salutations continued. I salute Cassian and his partner in life, and their very dear children. Polycarp, that most worthy bishop, who is also deeply interested in you, salutes you; and to him I …
749 wordsHippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 2
… author to the apostolic age. Hippolytus was a disciple of St. Irenæus, St. Irenæus of St. Polycarp, St. Polycarp of St. John. Indeed, one fact of grave importance connected with the writings of St. John …
2,221 wordsLactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 226
… The latter may have received it from Polycarp. The use of the Roman and the Greek churches was uniform in his day, as may be inferred from the intercourse of Polycarp and Victor. [4293] [4267 …
2,233 wordsTertullian — Latin Christianity • SECTION 383
… Our earliest acquaintance with that See presents us with Polycarp's superior authority, at Rome itself, in maintaining apostolic doctrine and suppressing heresy. "He it was, who coming to Rome," says Irenæus, [8206] "in the …
2,279 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 195
Chapter XVII. Polycarp [2409] 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 …
825 wordsFathers of the Second Century • SECTION 110
… He met in that school, no doubt, some, at least, who recalled Ignatius and Polycarp; some, perhaps, who as children had heard St. John when he could only exhort his congregations to "love one another …
2,333 wordsAugustine — Against the Manichaeans and Donatists • SECTION 216
… To the declaration of Polycarp of Adrumetum, [1607] that "those who declare the baptism of heretics to be valid, make ours of none effect," we answer, if that is the baptism of heretics which is …
2,329 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 73
… I salute your most worthy bishop Polycarp, and your venerable presbytery, and your Christ-bearing deacons, my fellow-servants, and all of you individually, as well as generally, in the name of Christ Jesus, and …
830 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 90
… I have commended you to Polycarp in the Lord Jesus Christ. [1290] Comp. Jas. i. 6, 8. [1291] Comp. Epistle to the Antiochians, chap. xii. Chapter VIII.--Salutations. The bishops, Onesimus, Bitus, Damas, Polybius, and …
857 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 243
… We have now described the various usages that prevailed in the celebration of the Passover. [1557] It appears to me that Victor, bishop of Rome, and Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, came to a very wise …
938 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 145
… Polycarp, Papias, and others have been suggested, but we have no grounds upon which to base a decision, though we may perhaps safely conclude that so prominent a man as Polycarp would hardly have been …
2,585 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 125
… the same city to Adriani. Theophilus was removed from Apamea in Asia, to Eudoxiopolis anciently called Salambria. Polycarp was transferred from Sexantaprista a city of Mysia, to Nicopolis in Thrace. Hierophilus from Trapezopolis in Phrygia …
990 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 277
… 1877]55. Plotinus, [1878]160. Pneumatomachi, party among the Arians, [1879]74. Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, suffered martyrdom under Gordian, [1880]130. Polycarp, bishop of Sextantaprista, [1881]173. Polytheism, Arians charged with, [1882]27; pagan …
2,205 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 218
… the use of kataxaino (=card or comb) in the Letter of the Smyrneans on the Martyrdom of Polycarp, § 2, "They were so torn by lashes that the mechanism of their flesh was visible, even as …
1,033 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 99
… We have spoken also of the works of Ignatius and Polycarp. [938] [933] In chap. 36, above. [934] See above, chap. 16. [935] On the Epistle to the Hebrews and the various traditions as to …
1,017 wordsAugustine — Homilies on John & First John • SECTION 223
… toutestin, ho luei.) But no extant mss. acknowledge the reading: and the Greek Fathers headed by S. Polycarp ad Philipp. sec. 7 (pas hos an me homologe 'I.Ch. en sarkhi eleluthenai,) bear witness to …
1,037 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 136
… commonly are), but is placed after it, and grouped with the notice of Polycarp's martyrdom, which occurred, not in 167, but in 155 or 156 (see above, Bk. IV. chap. 15, note 2). It …
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