atius' visit to, 93, 106;
Polycarp's correspondence with, 93 sq, 101, 106 sq, 121 (see
_Polycarp, Epistle of_);
episcopacy at, 106, 108

Philippians, German theories as to the Pauline Epistle to the, 24 sq

Phillips, 279 n

Philo, 173 sq, 200 n

Photius, 196 n, 238, 239, 241 n, 242, 243, 267 n

Pierius of Alexandria, 241 n

Pliny;
his credulity and that of the early fathers, 269;
his informant Sergius Paulus, 294 sq

Polycarp of Smyrna;
date of his birth, 90;
born at a crisis, 90 sq;
of Christian parents, 94;
reared in the centre of Christianity, 91 sq;
under the influence of St John, 89, 92;
bishop of Smyrna, 92;
entertains Ignatius, 92, 113;
his age at this time, 121;
his letter to the Philippians (see _Polycarp, Epistle of_);
a companion of Papias, 142, 150, 153, 218;
his old age, 96;
his pupils Florinus and Irenaeus, 96 sq, 264, 265;
his journey to Rome, 99 sq, 121;
preaches at Rome, 101;
his encounter with Marcion, 101, 115, 212;
his attitude in the Paschal controversy, 99 sq;
date of his martyrdom, 90, 97, 103 sq, 147, 264;
details of it, 77 n, 103, 220 sq;
document preserving it (see _Polycarp, Martyrdom of_);
his position and that of Clement of Rome, 89, 94;
the depositary of Apostolic tradition, 89 sq, 96;
the link with Irenaeus, 89, 100 sq;
the reverence inspired by, 121 n;
characteristic expressions of, 97, 115 sq;
his use of the word 'oracles', 174

Polycarp, Epistle of;
date and circumstances of writing, 93 sq, 101, 106 sq, 121;
incomplete in the Greek, 11;
its genuineness, 104 sq;
(1) external evidence for, 104;
(2) internal evidence, 105 sq;
from (i) its formula of evangelical quotations, 105, 109;
(ii) its picture of Church order, 106, 107 sq, 122;
(iii) its Christology, 106, 108;
(iv) the argument from silence, 106;
(v) its style and subject-matter compared with the
Ignatian Epistles, 106 sq;
Ritschl's theory of interpretations considered, 110 sq;
further objections dealt with, (_a_) the martyr journey of Ignatius, 111;
(_b_) alleged anachronisms, 11, 111 sq, 122;
(_c_) the Ignatian Epistles appended, 113 sq;
(_d_) the thirteenth chapter, 114;
(_e_) a supposed reference to Marcion, 115 sq;
(_f_) the age of the writer, 121;
scriptural quotations in, 42 sq, 49 sq, 93 sq, 109, 118, 227;
Eusebius' method tested on, 42 sq, 49;
the quotations from 1