Feb. 23 is the feast day of St. Polycarp (69-155). He was Bishop of Smyrna (Turkey), fought heresy in the early Church, was friend to St. Ignatius of Antioch and martyred for his faith. His surviving ...

St. Polycarp was a bishop and martyr who lived in the first and second centuries of the Christian era. His time is often called the “sub-apostolic age,” because his was the first generation of ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. The year was A.D. 155, and the persecution against Christians swept across the Roman Empire and came to the city of Smyrna.

To have faith is to see the handiwork of the unseen God. Faith is the force that says “Go!” even if all you see is a mist, or worse, only darkness. It is the belief that everything will be all right ...