just a fragment what was recorded about Polycarp

Polycarp (Greek: Πολύκαρπος Polýkarpos; AD 69–155) was a 2nd-century Christian bishop of Smyrna.[1] According to the Martyrdom of Polycarp he died a martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to touch him.[2] Polycarp is regarded as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches.

It is recorded by Irenaeus, who heard him speak in his youth, and by Tertullian,[3] that he had been a disciple of John the Apostle.[4][5] Saint Jerome wrote that Polycarp was a disciple of John and that John had ordained him bishop of Smyrna.

The early tradition that expanded upon the Martyrdom to link Polycarp in competition and contrast with John the Apostle who, though many people had tried to kill him, was not martyred but died of old age after being exiled to the island of Patmos, is embodied in the Coptic language fragmentary papyri (the "Harris fragments") dating to the 3rd to 6th centuries.[6] Frederick Weidmann, their editor, interprets the "Harris fragments" as Smyrnan hagiography addressing Smyrna-Ephesus church rivalries, which "develops the association of Polycarp and John to a degree unwitnessed, so far as we know, either before or since".[7] The fragments echo the Martyrology, and diverge from it.

With Clement of Rome and Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp is regarded as one of three chief Apostolic Fathers. The sole surviving work attributed to his authorship is his Letter to the Philippians; it is first recorded by Irenaeus of Lyons.

i'm not sure i follow ya here... how does this relate to the article?

Polycarp was a disciple of John and was ordain a Bishop by him. He was very well respected and know in the 1st and 2nd centuries and his historians recorded what he said about what John told him about Yahshua in the 1st century. He even is the known writer to the

"The sole surviving work attributed to his authorship is his Letter to the Philippians; it is first recorded by Irenaeus of Lyons."


Proof that Juliuos ceaser was not Yahshua and it is not about him as the writer try to say.. he does not show you this.. anyone who spent that muc time had to know about these writings that survived and he ignored them for his own cause.. Thats why

i can't see your proof there... some fictional writing vrs historical documents...

this guy just connected a few dots to sell a book, not much more than that... there is no proof to either way that Jesus really even existed in the first place...

My understanding is thier are historical documents about Polycarp. about how he kept passover and the Torah which the roman emporer wanted to cease but it did not basically untill the Council of Nicea where constantine decided what and how the fath would be reserved and it is still here today what the churches follow from an edict a pagan decided. Polycarp has lots of books written about him he was as well known as the Apostles themselves

My understanding is thier are historical documents about Polycarp. about how he kept passover and the Torah which the roman emporer wanted to cease but it did not basically untill the Council of Nicea where constantine decided what and how the fath would be reserved and it is still here today what the churches follow from an edict a pagan decided. Polycarp has lots of books written about him he was as well known as the Apostles themselves