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the Third Week after Epiphany
the Third Week after Epiphany
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Polycrates, Bishop of Ephesus
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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A.D. 196, is known in Church history by his opposition to the Roman bishop, Victor, in the famous Paschal controversy (q.v.). Eusebius has preserved Polycrates' letter of protest, which is given in English by Schaff, History of the Christian Church (N.Y. 1883), 2:216 sq. See also Eusebius, Hist. Eccles. 5:24 (ed. Heinichen, 1:250 sq.); Ceillier, Hist. des Aut. Sacr. et Eccles. 2:203 sq.; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v. (B.P.)
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Polycrates, Bishop of Ephesus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/polycrates-bishop-of-ephesus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Polycrates, Bishop of Ephesus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/polycrates-bishop-of-ephesus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
