Polycarp Synonyms

pŏlē-kärp
Greek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans (circa 69-155)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Saint Polycarp
  2. St. Polycarp

Words Related to Polycarp

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. clement-of-rome
  2. irenaeus
  3. chrysostom
  4. clement of alexandria
  5. eusebius
  6. tertullian
  7. cyprian
  8. epiphanius
  9. athanasius
  10. papias
  11. eustathius
  12. theodoret
  13. didache
  14. hesychius
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Polycarp Sentence Examples

  • Philomelion was probably a Pergamenian foundation on the great Graeco-Roman highway from Ephesus to the east, and to its townsmen the Smyrniotes wrote the letter that describes the martyrdom of Polycarp. Cicero, on his way to Cilicia, dated some of his extant correspondence there; and the place played a considerable part in the frontier wars between the Byzantine emperors and the sultanate of Rum.

  • He continued to work at his editions of the Apostolic Fathers, and in 1885 published an edition of the Epistles of Ignatius and Polycarp, collecting also a large store of valuable materials for a second edition of Clement of Rome, which was published after his death (1st ed., 1869).

  • St Polycarp, the disciple of St John the Evangelist and bishop of Smyrna, visited Rome in 159 to confer with Anicetus, the bishop of that see, on the subject; and urged the tradition, which he had received from the apostle, of observing the fourteenth day.

  • Anicetus, however, declined to admit the Jewish custom in the churches under his jurisdiction, but readily communicated with Polycarp and those who followed it.

  • It was during his pontificate that St Polycarp visited the Roman Church.

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