Perseverance Through Sufferings 3B: The Martyrdom of Polycarp 

A reflection on The Martyrdom of Polycarp and what it has to teach us about the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Abbreviations (SBL Handbook of Style, 2nd. ed.):
Mart. Pol. • The Martyrdom of Polycarp
Tertullian, Praescr. • Tertullian, On the Prescription of Heretics
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St. Ignatius, Pol. • St. Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to Polycarp
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. • Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History
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St. Irenaeus, Haer. • St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies
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