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Fragments of Papias 1
Leaders Rise After John's Reign
Open in the reader →1Irenaeus and others record that John the Divine and Apostle survived until the time of Trajan. After that, Papias of Hierapolis and Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, his hearers, became well known.
2—Eusebius, Chronicon (Syncellus 655, 14), for Olympiad 220.
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4At this time Polycarp flourished in Asia. He was a disciple of the Apostles who [corrupt/illegible text concerning the church in Smyrna and “... ministers of the Lord”]. At the same time Papias, who was also bishop of the diocese of Hierapolis, became distinguished.
5—Eusebius, History of the Church 3.36.1–2.
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