The Apostolic Fathers (3)

There is one more thing in regard to the Apostolic Fathers that we would have you consider with us. It is the matter the persecution which the early church endured and which was therefore not at all strange to the Apostolic Fathers. For this purpose we have singled out the martyrdom of Polycarp for our present consideration. It can be inferred already from that we wrote last month about Ignatius that this period was one of persecution. Ignatius also lost his life through this persecution,...