St. Polycarp.(Fathers Of The Church II)

Catholic Insight | May 1, 2004| | Copyright

"I have served Christ for 86 years," claimed Polycarp at his trial, thus providing a clue for first-century practice of infant baptism, not formally attested until Tertullian's (c.160-225) treatise On Baptism.

Irenaeus of Lyon (c.130-200) reminisces over the aged Polycarp's 'camp-fire tales' of being a pupil of St John and hearing stories of The Lord from other Apostles.

Eusebius dates Polycarp's martyrdom to the reign of Marcus Aurelius (161-80), either 166 or 169. According to the Church of Smyrna's official Letter, "He was arrested when Statius ...

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