Complex sentence: Seely, Jackson and Halliday, London, 1862 Elliot begins his lengthy review of historical evidence by quoting Irenaeus a disciple of Polycarp who was a disciple of the Apostle John.
Split into simpler sentences: Seely, Jackson and Halliday, London, 1862 Elliot begins his lengthy review of historical evidence by quoting Irenaeus, a disciple of Polycarp. Polycarp was a disciple of the Apostle John.