St. Polycarp: References & Edit History

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Top questions added. Feb 06, 2026
Add new Web site: Academia - On the Dating of Polycarp: Rethinking the Place of the Martyrdom of Polycarp in the History of Christianity Early Christianity 1: 4 (2010): 539-574. Feb 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Project MUSE - The Theology of the Episcopacy According to St. Ignatius of Antioch. Dec 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Eternal Word Television Network - St. Polycarp. Jul 11, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 02, 2024
Add new Web site: Christianity.com - Who was Polycarp? Mar 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Christian History Institute - Polycarp�s Martyrdom. Nov 22, 2023
Add new Web site: Catholic Online - St. Polycarp. Sep 25, 2023
Add new Web site: The Orthodox Church in America - Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna. Apr 27, 2022
Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Polycarp. Jan 24, 2022
Noted that he is considered one of the Apostolic Fathers. Added cross-references throughout. Oct 15, 2021
Add new Web site: Christianity Today - Polycarp. Feb 16, 2021
Add new Web site: Franciscan Media - Saint Polycarp. Feb 16, 2021
Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of St. Polycarp. Jun 13, 2013
Added new Web site: St. Polycarp Roman Catholic Church - Biography of Saint Polycarp. May 12, 2008
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - St. Polycarp. May 08, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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