AUTHOR:
Polycarp,
assumed Bishop of Smyrna – Hellenic Turkey
DATE:
Traditionally between 110 and 140 CE.
RECIPIENT:
Christian
Church of Philippi – Greece.
MAIN
POINTS
1 – Early evidence of Episcopal system at Smyrna –
Prologue.
2 – Salvation by Grace alone, through Christ – 1:3
3 – Jesus’s Second Coming – 2:1
4 – Resurrection for those who believe in God and Live a
righteous life – 2:2
5 – Paul’s letter to the Philippians mentioned – 3:2
6 – Wives to live in purity and moral conduct – 4:2
7 – Widows to live soberly and in prayer – 4:3
8 – God will not be mocked, we must live according to His will – 5:1; 9:1-2
9 – Order of Deacons at Philippi – 5:2
10 – Young men to live in purity, homosexuality
condemned – 5:3
11 – Presbyterian system in Philippi (No Bishop) –
5:3; 6:1; 11:1
12 – General Last Judgement before Christ – 6:2
13 – Diverse Gnostic heresies condemned – 7:1
14 – Call to preserve the Faith already received,
with Prayer and fasting – 7:2
15 – Jesus, being sinless, paid for our sins on
our behalf – 8:1
16 – Deceased Christians are conscious and in God’s
presence – 9:2
17 - To be blameless in word and action as testimony for non-believers – 10:2-3
18 – Married clergy at Philippi – 11:1, 4
19 – Christians must be trained in Scripture – 12:1
20 – Divinity of Jesus – 12:2
21 – To pray for secular authorities and our enemies
– 12:3
22 – Contemporary to Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch –
13:1-2
23 – Women as Church envoys – 14:1
Omar Flores.
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