"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
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Yesterday I outlined the various parallels which can be found between Jesus’ Passion and Polycarp’s Martyrdom. I ended the entry by asking:
“But what does this all mean? Why are there these similarities between the deaths of Jesus and Polycarp?”
The martyrdom account itself ascribes these similarities to the providence of God:
“By almost every step that led up to Polycarp’s martyrdom, the Lord intended to show us anew the type of martyrdom narrated in the Gospel…” – Mart. Pol., 1.1
But that then raises the question: why might God wish to present to His Church a death like that of Christ?