The Epistle of the Church at Smyrna goes by several names including The Martyrdom of Polycarp and The Letter of the Smyrneans. John, the last of the Twelve Apostles, ordained Polycarp bishop of Smyrna. Shortly after Polycarp was martyred for his beliefs at the age of 86-years-old, this "Christian Martyrology" was written, probably sometime between
The seventy disciples or seventy-two disciples were mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. According to Luke, Jesus appointed them and sent them out in pairs on a specific mission which is detailed in the text. Luke says: "And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face,
The Letter to the Philippians is an epistle composed around AD 110 to 140 by Polycarp of Smyrna, one of the Apostolic Fathers, from Antioch to the early Christian church in Philippi. The letter is one of a number believed to have been written by Polycarp. The letter was composed in Greek, but the Greek