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What does the account of Polycarp’s martyrdom include an early example of?

cult of the martyrs
use of the New Testament
corporate worship
Lord’s Supper
doctrine of the trinity

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cult of the martyrs

The Martyrdom of Polycarp describes Christians gathering his remains, treating his bones as precious relics and commemorating him — an early example of martyr veneration.