Polycarp

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Polycarp

Passage has not been identified. The only writing extant of this Apostolic Father who was bishop of Smyrna, is his Epistle to the Church at Philippi (BCW 11:586). Polycarp wrote in Greek. B. de Zirkoff suggests that the Latin saying quoted by H. P. Blavatsky might be a translation from a lost Greek work; the attribution remains unestablished. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 11:41)

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Поликарп

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Mentioned in: Marriage and Divorce—Religious, Practical and Political Aspects of the Question (BCW 11:41)

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Shortly: Passage has not been identified. The only writing extant of this Apostolic Father who was bishop of ...