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   In 155 AD the Christians of Smyrna described the attempted execution   
   of Saint Polycarp by burning. ...   
      
      
   The Martyrium Polycarpi, written in the name of the church of Smyrna,   
   addressed to the church of Philomelius in Pisidia, and evidently from   
   eyewitness accounts of his arrest, trial, and martyrdom, is the oldest   
   authentic example of the acta of a martyr (introductory note to the   
   epistle)... The account of his martyrdom is precious evidence for the   
   cultus of saints as early as the 2nd century; and his vita of the   
   variation in the dates of Easter from an early period (Attwater,   
   Benedictines, Bentley, Delaney, Farmer, Gill, Harrison, Walsh, White).   
      
      
   "To change your mind from good to bad is the height of absurdity. True   
   goodness changes from evil to righteousness."   
   --Saint Polycarp   
      
      
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   "God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, increase us in faith and   
   truth and gentleness, and grant us part and lot among His saints."   
   --Prayer of Saint Polycarp.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)