polycarp in A Sentence

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    Truly we can say that Polycarp faced a time that tried his soul.

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    In Polycarp's words,“Eighty-six years I have served him, and he never did me any wrong.

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    Her father, Anil Arora who served in Merchant Navy and her mother, Joyce Polycarp, got separated when Malaika was just 11 years old.

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    Neither Polycarp nor Anicetus persuaded the other, but they did not consider the matter schismatic either, parting in peace and leaving the question unsettled.

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    About the same time period when Pliny wrote about the practices of the early Christians(about 100-117 AD), Ignatius of Antioch wrote to Polycarp of Smyrna,

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    The ancient second century pastor, Polycarp(c. 80-167) said,“Let us return to the word which has been handed down to us from the beginning;‘watching unto prayer' and‘persevering in fasting'”(Epistle to the Philippians).

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    This is extraordinary proof indeed given Christianity's penchant for preserving and venerating saintly relics- a practice which dates back to the early days of the faith as the Martyrdom of Saint Polycarp, composed in the middle of the second century, shows. ↩.

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    Said,“It is proper for men and women who wish to marry to be united with the consent of the bishop, so that their marriage will be acceptable to the Lord, and not entered upon for the sake of lust. Let all things be done for the honor of God”(Letter to Polycarp 5:2).

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