The full title given this letter is "The Encyclical Epistle of the Church at Smyrna Concerning the Martyrdom of the Holy Polycarp." This letter came from the Church in Smyrna to the Church in Philomelium written to give an account of the martyrdom of Polycarp. The church sent the original by a gentleman named Marcus and requested that, once those in Philomelium had read t...