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The Martyrdom of Polycarp

The Encyclical Epistle of the Church at Smyrna, Concerning the Martyrdom of St. Polycarp

Chapters

• Introduction and Greetings
• CHAPTER I -- SUBJECT OF WHICH WE WRITE.
• CHAPTER II -- THE WONDERFUL CONSTANCY OF THE MARTYRS.
• CHAPTER III -- THE CONSTANCY OF GERMANICUS. THE DEATH OF POLYCARP IS
• CHAPTER IV -- QUINTUS THE APOSTATE.
• CHAPTER V, --THE DEPARTURE AND VISION OF POLYCARP.
• CHAPTER VI -- POLYCARP IS BETRAYED BY A SERVANT.
• CHAPTER VII -- POLYCARP IS FOUND BY HIS PURSUERS.
• CHAPTER VIII -- POLYCARP IS BROUGHT INTO THE CITY.
• CHAPTER IX -- POLYCARP REFUSES TO REVILE CHRIST.
• CHAPTER X -- POLYCARP CONFESSES HIMSELF A CHRISTIAN.
• CHAPTER XI -- NO THREATS HAVE ANY EFFECT ON POLYCARP.
• CHAPTER XII -- POLYCARP IS SENTENCED TO BE BURNED.
• CHAPTER XIII -- THE FUNERAL PILE IS ERECTED,
• CHAPTER XIV -- THE PRAYER OF POLYCARP.
• CHAPTER XV -- POLYCARP IS NOT INJURED BY THE FIRE.
• CHAPTER XVI -- POLYCARP IS PIERCED BY A DAGGER.
• CHAPTER XVII -- THE CHRISTIANS ARE REFUSED POLYCARP'S BODY.
• CHAPTER XVIII -- THE BODY OF POLYCARP IS BURNED.
• CHAPTER XIX -- PRAISE OF THE MARTYR POLYCARP.
• CHAPTER XX -- THIS EPISTLE IS TO BE TRANSMITTED TO THE BRETHREN.
• CHAPTER XXI -- THE DATE OF THE MARTYRDOM.
• CHAPTER XXII -- SALUTATION.