Toen Polycarpus in Smyrna ter dood werd gebracht, schreef iemand uit die kerk (Marcion) namens de kerk een samenvatting van de gebeurtenissen voor de kerk in Philomelium. Die kerk had om een uitgebreid verslag gevraagd. ...
Ignatius of Antioch does mention Polycarp in his letters to the Magnesians and Ephesians, as well as addressing a letter to Polycarp himself; the Church in Smyrna also sent a letter to the Church at Philomelium describing his martyrdom. ...
The account by the Christians of Smyrna is a report on the death of their bishop, Polycarp, given in the form of a letter to the Christian community of Philomelium and, through them, to the whole Church. ...
