Apostolic Fathers
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The Apostolic Fathers were core Christian theologians among the Church Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD and are believed to have personally known some of the Twelve Apostles or to hav
Clement of Rome
Ignatius of Antioch
Polycarp of Smyrna
Quadratus of Athens
Polycarp
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Polycarp was a Christian bishop of Smyrna. According to the Martyrdom of Polycarp, he died a martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to consume his body. Polycarp is r
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…to have spoken in some of the churches through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. He is the second after Clement to mention the Pauline epistles. Polycarp (c. AD 69 – c. 155) was bishop of Smyrna (now İzmir in Turkey). His student Irenaeus wrote that he "was not only instructed by the apostles, and conversed…
fresco from the Church of St. George, Staro Nagoričane
Mosaic of Saint Polycarp from the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy
Polycarp miraculously extinguishing the fire burning the city of Smyrna
Tomb of Polycarp in Smyrna (modern-day Izmir), 1895