The epistle of Polycarp.Counted among the apostolic fathers.Attributed author(s). Text(s) available. Useful links. Measure for measure (Polycarp to the Philippians 2.3a). One epistle of Polycarp is extant, that to the Philippians, written but not entirely preserved in Greek. Chapters 10-12, 14, and the last line of 13 are preserved only in Latin.* This epistle is reckoned among the apostolic fathers. * My thanks to Duane Larrieu for pointing out a typo, now corrected, in the range of chapters preserved in Latin. Manuscripts.According to Bart Ehrman (on page 330 of volume 1 of the Loeb edition of the apostolic fathers) and Michael Holmes (on pages 121-122 of The Apostolic Fathers) the following manuscripts are extant for the epistle of Polycarp:
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