St. Polycarp was one of the immediate disciples of the Apostles, in particular St. John the Evangelist. He embraced Christianity very young and was named bishop of Smyrna. He was greatly respected ...

Polycarp, they proclaimed, had been among that elect – "having in our own times been an apostolic and prophetic teacher, and bishop of the Catholic Church which is in Smyrna." St. Polycarp has ...

St. Polycarp was the bishop of Smyrna and a disciple of St. John, according to St. Irenaeus (c. 130-c. 202) and Tertullian (c. 155-c. 220). I’d like to examine his Epistle to the Philippians.

Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, who was “fruitful in every good work” (Col. 1:10), was born in the first century, and lived in Smyrna in Asia Minor. He was orphaned at an early age, but at the ...

St. Polycarp — a second-century martyr, bishop of Smyrna and disciple of St. John the Apostle — is counted among this elect number. As one of the second generation of Christians, it fell to ...

For faith is the hope and light of life. In the city of Cabuyao is a 250-year-old church called St. Polycarp. My mother Candida, to this day, believes that the patron saint, known for his ability ...

Polycarp was a disciple of St John the Evangelist, and as a young man of 37 was consecrated bishop of Smyrna - present-day Izmir, in Turkey. This was shortly before John himself went into exile at ...