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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 419
… Philippians, [2457]168; Polycarp's Epistle to, [2458]188. Philo, of Alexandria, family and culture of, [2459]107; embassy to Rome, [2460]108; on the Embassy, [2461]109; on the Virtues, [2462]109; meets Peter …
2,223 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 60
… 169. [1318] Irenæus is near the Apostles in close connexion, as well as in time, through his personal knowledge of Polycarp. Videhis Ep. to Florinus quoted in Euseb., Ecc. Hist. v. 20. In his work …
1,118 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 188
… Josephus, son of Matthias. 14. Justus of Tiberias. 15. Clemens the bishop. 16. Ignatius the bishop. 17. Polycarp the bishop. 18. Papias the bishop. 19. Quadratus the bishop. 20. Aristides the philosopher. 21. Agrippa Castor …
1,240 wordsHippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 233
… It is a case similar to that of Polycarp and Anicetus disturbed by Victor, vol. i. 310, and 312.] [2834] [But a primacy involves no supremacy. All the Gallicans, with Bossuet, insist on this point …
1,329 wordsTertullian — Latin Christianity • SECTION 175
… For this is the manner in which the apostolic churches transmit [2183] their registers: [2184] as the church of Smyrna, which records that Polycarp was placed therein by John; as also the church of Rome …
1,380 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 90
… He was a native of Asia Minor and his younger days had known Polycarp. [2161] Bishop of Lyons, suffered martyrdom under Marcus Aurelius. [2162] A convert from stoicism to Christianity in the latter part of …
1,385 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 119
… Inasmuch as Eusebius is certainly in error in ascribing the death of Polycarp, recorded in the previous chapter, to the reign of Marcus Aurelius (see note 2 on that chapter), the fact that he here …
1,446 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 259
… 64), as well as Irenæus of Lyons, in the second century, being said to have been a disciple of Polycarp points to an Asiatic rather than Roman origin of the Church in Gaul. [1618] Religiosorum …
1,477 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 252
… 3, 4) that he was in early youth acquainted with Polycarp, the illustrious bishop of that city. A sort of clue is thus furnished as to the date of his birth. Dodwell supposes that he …
1,476 wordsHippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 232
… Cyprian, Liberalis, Caldonius, Junius, Primus, Cæcilius, Polycarp, Nicomedes, Felix, Marrutius, Successus, Lucianus, Honoratus, Fortunatus, Victor, Donatus, Lucius, Herculanus, Pomponius, Demetrius, Quintus, Saturninus, Januarius, Marcus, another Saturninus, another Donatus, Rogatianus, Sedatus, Tertullus, Hortensianus, still another Saturninus …
1,519 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 158
[1671] We know of only one epistle by Polycarp, that to the Philippians, which is still extant. Upon his life and epistle, see Bk. IV. chap. 14, notes 5 and 16. Chapter XXI.--How Appolonius …
1,514 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 83
… and it has been suggested that Clement withholds the name in order to spare the reputation of Polycarp, who, according to tradition, was appointed bishop of that city by John. [753] The same man that …
1,614 wordsLactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 136
… proofs of the fragments ascribed to Asterius Urbanus when I discovered, in one of his notes on Polycarp, a most brilliant elucidation of a matter which I had supposed involved in twofold obscurity. Asterius is …
1,598 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 153
… Compare, for instance, Polycarp's words to Marcion, quoted in Bk. IV. chap. 14, above. The attitude of these Catholic martyrs is but of a piece with that of nearly all the orthodox Fathers toward …
1,739 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 329
… which exactly agrees with Origen's quotation, and very nearly with that of Irenæus, now before us. Polycarp (Ep., c. vii.) seems to allude to the passage as we have it now, and so does …
1,809 wordsChrysostom — Galatians through Philemon • SECTION 7
… He it was who on asking Polycarp to "acknowledge" him, received for answer, "I acknowledge thee as the first-born of Satan." [21] [thelontes: On this word Jerome aptly says, Volunt sed non valent. The …
1,762 wordsHippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 211
… Saturninus, Eutyches, Amplus, another Saturninus, Aurelius, Priscus, Herculaneus, Victoricus, Quintus, Honoratus, Manthaneus, Hortensianus, Verianus, Iambus, Donatus, Pomponius, Polycarp, Demetrius, another Donatus, Privatianus, another Fortunatus, Rogatus and Munnulus, to Cornelius their brother, greeting." [2518] [Compare Luke …
2,092 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 66
… Irenæus, the pupil of Polycarp, the pupil of John, forms a complete chain such as we have in no other case. Such testimony, when its force is broken by no adverse tradition, ought to be …
2,090 wordsChrysostom — Corinthians • SECTION 114
… Ignatius (not Polycarp, as Beet says) in his Epistle to the Romans borrows this phrase, saying "From Syria even unto Rome I am fighting with beasts, both by land and sea, night and day, being …
2,213 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 253
… It is supposed that Pothinus, whom he succeeded at Lyons, is generally meant; but the reference may sometimes be to Polycarp, with whom in early life he had been acquainted. [On this matter of quotations …
2,203 wordsThe Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 526
… 309, this series, and note the adhesion of the primitive Gallican Church to the East,--to the land of Polycarp and Pothinus. Concerning Pothinus, see Routh, Rel. Sac., i. p. 328, and the correction by …
2,204 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 386
… And these things are borne witness to in writing by Papias, the hearer of John, and a companion of Polycarp, in his fourth book; for there were five books compiled (suntetagmena) by him. [4745] And …
2,204 wordsGregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 68
… Might have known Polycarp.] [1228] Ibid., vi. 46. [Narcissus lived till a.d. 237, and died a martyr, aged 116.] [1229] [He was a pupil of Pantænus, continued under Clement, and defended Origen against the …
2,210 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 152
… On Abercius and Avercius, see the exhaustive note of Lightfoot, in his Apostolic Fathers, Part II. (Ignatius and Polycarp), Vol. I. p. 477-485. [1574] eis ten ton kata Milti?den legomenon hairesin. The occurrence …
2,200 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 17
… When he wishes to give us a glimpse of the persecutions of those early days, his historical and literary instinct leads him to dwell especially upon two thoroughly representative cases,--the martyrdom of Polycarp and …
2,209 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 85
… in Polycarp's Epistle, where traces of the Gospel are wanting; and so, too, in Papias, according to chap. 39, below). The writings of the second century are full of the spirit of the Epistle …
2,197 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 1
… Irenæus, it is true, is rather of the sub-apostolic period; but, as the disciple of Polycarp, he ought not to be dissociated from that Father's company. We thus find ourselves conducted, by this …
2,205 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 112
… 24) informs us that Polycarp was in Rome in the time of Anicetus, and endeavored to induce him to adopt the Quartodeciman practice of celebrating Easter; but that, while the two remained perfectly friendly to …
2,200 wordsGregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 45
… Gallandi thinks the reference is to the practice, of which we read also in the Acts of Polycarp, ch. 9, where the proconsul addresses the martyr with the order: loidoreson ton Christon--Revile Christ. And …
2,223 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 142
… the church at Lyons. [1435] We have learned that, in his youth, he was a hearer of Polycarp. [1436] 9. In the third book of his work Against Heresies he has inserted a list of …
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