Eighty-Six Years of One Confession
In the year 155 AD, the Roman proconsul in Smyrna dragged an elderly bishop named Polycarp into a packed arena. The crowd howled for blood....
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Romans 10:9.
In the year 155 AD, the Roman proconsul in Smyrna dragged an elderly bishop named Polycarp into a packed arena. The crowd howled for blood. The proconsul, perhaps moved by the old man's age, offered him an easy way out: simply say "Caesar is Lord," scatter a pinch of incense on the altar, and walk free. Polycarp had been a disciple of the Apostle John himself.…
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