Chapter 137 No.137

Ignatius blesses God for the firm,

establishment of Polycarp in the

faith, and gives him particular

directions for improving it.

IGNATIUS, who is also called

Theophorus, to Polycarp, bishop

of the church which is at Smyrna;

their overseer, but rather himself

overlooked by God the Father,

and the Lord Jesus Christ;

all