4/11 • Martyrdom of Polycarp

4/11 • Martyrdom of Polycarp Written in the voice of the church at Smyrna, this account describes Polycarp's arrest, refusal to renounce his faith, and death. It remembers a second-century Christian leader, though scholars debate when the surviving narrative took shape, with second- and third-century dates proposed. Spirit Nation has Lightfoot and Harmer's 1891 edition, including the alternative closing material. The story is also about a community deciding how to remember its dead and what faithful endurance should mean. https://t.co/giIeMbJIOQ