"Father John," as he was called, exercised a widespread moral authority among the various social classes and was reputed to have performed wonders and miracles.
By his major writing, The Letter to the Philippians, and by his widespread moral authority, Polycarp combated various heretical sects, including certain Gnostic groups that claimed religious salvation exclusively through their arcane spiritual knowledge.
Authorities began slaughtering 150 cows Wednesday from a ranch here that owned the sick cow, and tests of those animals are expected to show by early next week whether the infection is more widespread than authorities now believe.
Ian Dolittle, head of public sector housing at law firm Trowers and Hamlin, believes this sort of funding model could become more widespread as authorities seek ways to invest beyond the cap imposed by the government.
A janitor at WNYC, the public radio station, has been charged with stealing a list of some of the station's donors and selling it to an identity-theft ring with widespread activities, authorities said yesterday.
Visits by Reuters to a half-dozen factory towns in southern China revealed the employment of illegal workers from Vietnam is widespread, and authorities often turn a blind eye to their presence.
The more immediate one is the widespread breakdown of authority.
They are also looking for insights on how to combat a widespread perversion of authority by Afghan power brokers, which senior officials describe as "a plague" on the American-backed effort to build an effective and competent government and win the support of the Afghan people.
Those abusive municipal court practices, which many residents said had fueled widespread disrespect for authority, are being reined in.
The theft ignited a national outcry, and widespread demands that authorities track it down.
