Polycarp of Smyrna

Bishop of Smyrna and disciple of John; martyred at about eighty-six.

c. AD 69–155 Greek East The Apostolic Fathers 2 works

Fully prepared texts

Side by side with the original Greek where we have it, an older public-domain English translation, and a modern English version.

Polycarp to the Philippians GreekOlder EnglishModern English 14 chapters
The Martyrdom of Polycarp GreekOlder EnglishModern English 22 chapters

Most translations are the older ones in the public domain (mostly the nineteenth-century Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers); a few are modern translations shared under an open licence, with the translators credited on the work’s page. Square brackets and any Greek or Latin words are as the source prints them.