Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians: Calling Back the Suffering and Straying Members

Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians: Calling Back the Suffering and Straying Members Join St Shenouda Podcast as we delve into the Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians. Written by Polycarp, the Bishop of Smyrna and a crucial figure among the Apostolic Fathers, this letter offers profound early Christian instruction to the Church of God dwelling at Philippi. The epistle is widely believed to be a composite of material written at two different times during the first half of the second century. Part of the letter (Chapter 13) served as a Cover Letter, transmitting the collected epistles of Ignatius of Antioch to the Philippians, as they had requested.