faith," etc. This passage is embodied by Eusebius in his Ecclesiastical History (iv. 14) ; and in another place the same writer refers to the Epistle before us as an undoubted production of Poly- carp {.Hist. EccL, iii. 36) . Other ancient testimonies might easily be added, but are superfluous, inasmuch as there is a general consent among scholars at the present day that we have in this letter an authentic production of the renowned Bishop of Smyrna.