Polycarp's letter to the church at Philippi, written in the early to mid-second century, accompanies a collection of Ignatius's letters that the Philippians had requested. The letter is largely a mosaic of New Testament quotations and allusions, offering practical moral exhortation in the tradition of the Pastoral Epistles. It provides important evidence for the early reception of Pauline letters and other New Testament texts, and for the organisation of the church under presbyters and deacons. This edition follows the text of Kirsopp Lake (Loeb Classical Library, 1912).
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