Epistula ad Philippenses

Polycarp

Polycarp. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1912.

But woe to him

through whom the name of the Lord is blasphemed. Therefore teach sobriety to all and show it forth in your own lives.

I am deeply sorry for Valens, who was once[*](Valens) made a presbyter among you, that he so little understands the place which was given to him. I advise, therefore, that you keep from avarice, and be pure and truthful. Keep yourselves from all evil.