Polycrates Of Ephesus
2nd century · AD 196 · Early Fathers (before Nicaea) · 5 passages
Background on Polycrates Of Ephesus
In his own words on 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians 1:7
It is surely noteworthy that nobody doubted that it was kept by a Christian and Apostolic ordinance. So St. Paul argues from its Christian observance, in his rebuke of the Corinthians.
Polycrates of Ephesus
- 1 Corinthians 16:2
Those who in our own times have revived the observance of the Jewish Sabbath, show us how much may be said on their side,
Polycrates of Ephesus
- 1 Corinthians 16:8
They were keeping it "unleavened "ceremonially, and he urges a spiritual unleavening as more important. The Christian hallowing of Pentecost connects with the Paschal argument.
Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.