From Jerusalem to Nicaea: the Church in the First Three Centuries
From Jerusalem to Nicaea: the Church in the First Three Centuries
Philip Stafford Moxom
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John, and he must have known many^ who were ac- quainted with the apostles. According to Tertul- lian, he was appointed bishop of Smyrna by St. John. Irenaeus says more generally that he was appointed ** by the apostles." In a letter which Irenaeus wrote to the friend of his boyhood, Florinus, who had fallen into Gnos- ticism, he thus refers to their mutual early ac- quaintance with Polycarp : — " For while I was yet a boy I saw thee in Lower Asia with Polycarp, distinguishing thyself in the ro...yal court,^ and endeavoring to gain his approbation. For I have a more vivid recollection of what occurred at that time than of recent events (inasmuch as the experiences of child- hood, keeping pace with the growth of the soul, become incorporated with it) ; so that I can even describe the place where the blessed Polycarp used to sit and dis- ' course, — his going out, too, and his coming in — his general mode of life and personal appearance, together with the discourses which he delivered to the people ; also how he would speak of his familiar intercourse with John, and with the rest of those who had seen the Lord ; and how he would call their words to remembrance.
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