Word: polycarp
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most modern Christians, the days of the Early Church are vague and far-off times for scholars to quibble over. But no era in the church's history was more exciting. The early leaders, with their strange-sounding names-Polycarp, Athenagoras, Asterius of Amasea-were spiritual pioneers whose adventures in the faith built a legacy for all Christians...
...since St. Polycarp of Smyrna came to see Pope Anicetus in the 2nd Century had Rome seen such a Mass. But more significant than the frequent bell-tinkling and strange, high, polyphonic chanting of the Armenian Rite were the Holy Father's words in a public speech next day: "In designating the eminent Patriarch of the Armenians to celebrate yesterday's Pontifical, we have desired to stress the solicitude and love which the occupants of Peter's chair have throughout the centuries shown Armenia and her people. . . . Be firm in your faith; do not allow yourselves...