http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/02/23/carping-again/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/02/23/carping-again/comment-page-1/#comment-39664 Rich Leonardi Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:55:08 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/02/23/carping-again/#comment-39664 Yep. They laugh at it too. Yep. They laugh at it too.

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/02/23/carping-again/comment-page-1/#comment-39633 Mike Aquilina Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:55:52 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/02/23/carping-again/#comment-39633 I love it for its depiction of his sense of humor. Boy, I hope I can still deliver a line like that at his age. I love it for its depiction of his sense of humor. Boy, I hope I can still deliver a line like that at his age.

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/02/23/carping-again/comment-page-1/#comment-39629 Rich Leonardi Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:36:29 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/02/23/carping-again/#comment-39629 My favorite treatment of St. Polycarp is in Amy Welborn's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0829415343%26tag=wayofthefathers-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/o/ASIN/0829415343%253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82" title="View product details at Amazon" rel="nofollow">Book of Saints</a>. Just before his execution in the stadium at Smyrna, the Roman proconsul tells him that all he must say is "Away with the atheists" and he will be spared. Polycarp gestures to the frenzied crowd and says, "Away with the atheists." He is then immolated. My kids love the story for its depiction of the old saint's intestinal fortitude. My favorite treatment of St. Polycarp is in Amy Welborn’s Book of Saints. Just before his execution in the stadium at Smyrna, the Roman proconsul tells him that all he must say is “Away with the atheists” and he will be spared. Polycarp gestures to the frenzied crowd and says, “Away with the atheists.” He is then immolated. My kids love the story for its depiction of the old saint’s intestinal fortitude.

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