In his letter to Polycarp of Smyrna, Ignatius the God- Bearer stressed that those who enter into the communion of marriage must also have the bishop’s approval, so that their marriage may be according ...

But woe to him by whom the name of the Lord is blasphemed (Isaiah 52:5)!" St. Polycarp of Smyrna, "Letter to the Philadelphians" c. 135 A.D. "In Genesis it says, `And God tested Abraham and said ...

In New Testament Manuscripts: Their Text and Their World (ed. by Tobias Nicklas; Leiden: Brill, 2006) 189-206. "Polycarp's Letter to the Philippians and the Writings that Later Formed the New ...

Second Thessalonians deals with the issues that Paul brought up in his initial communication to this congregation. His main ...

The 13 Pauline Epistles make up the most books contributed by a single author to the New Testament — although scholars ...

Paul's letters, that these gods are nothing ... government who's persecuting the other Christians. [The story of Polycarp is one of our first martyrdom stories]. Polycarp was a bishop of a ...

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