Essays Tagged: "Polycarp"

Dragonsbane: Review of Chapters

's mistress. She is a very powerful mage and can change forms. A new character is introduced; he is Polycarp, rebel master of Halnath, the King's nephew. He tried to murder the King and the Prince. La ...

(4 pages) 18 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

What it Means to Be a TRUE Christian Martyr

wants to become a martyr of Christianity, as we can see in the differences between the martyrdom of Polycarp and that of Ignatius.Ehrman prefaces his excerpt of Ignatius'letter to the Romans with a su ... ; it seems vaguely comparable to suicide, at least if one goes looking for this type of persecution.Polycarp on the other hand ran and hid multiple times when he heard that the authorities were coming ...

(2 pages) 16 1 3.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity