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Wednesday, 23 February

Today in Church History

What happened in the life of the Church on this day across twenty centuries.

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✦ Feast Day c. AD 69–155
Feast of Polycarp of Smyrna
The chain runs: John the Apostle → Polycarp of Smyrna → Irenaeus of Lyon. The most important second-century theologian was taught by a man taught by an apostle. When Irenaeus appeals to apostolic tradition against the Gnostics, he is appealing to a memory — he heard Polycarp describe what he received from John.
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