Book Review: Polycarp – The Crown of Fire

Series: Torchbearers
Title: Polycarp – The Crown of Fire
Author: William Chad Newsom
Publisher: Christian Focus
Date: Jan 20 2008
Pages: 272
ISBN: 1845500415
Category: Children’s, Biographies
Buy it: https://amzn.to/3JuJsfQ
Review by: Trisha Smith

 

Review:

So few people understand what happened in early Christian history. They have never even heard of names like Polycarp. They need to read books like this one in the Torch Bearers series, which is amazing, so that they can meet these great figures in Christian history. These people, like Polycarp, have amazing stories to tell, if only we are given the chance to learn them and read. Author William Newsom has given us that chance now. He has shared his research and learning, as well as his creative imagination, as he has put together this story on Polycarp. Readers are introduced to the early church during the time of the Roman occupation and the extreme persecution that drove the Christians underground in to the catacombs. Let yourself be transported to a world far different than our own through the writings of Newsom. It is a very insightful lesson.

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