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1. St. Peter the apostle, who governed this church, at least seven years: Nicephorus of Constantinople says eleven.

II. Evodius, who sat twenty three years. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch in his time.

III. Ignatius, after near forty years presidency over this church, he was carried out of Syria to Rome, and there thrown to wild beasts in the thea tre, A. D. one hundred and ten; Trajan, eleven.

IV. Heron, who was bishop twenty years. To him succeeded,

IV. Cornelius, who kept the place thirteen years, dying A. D. one hun dred and forty-two.

VI. Eros, twenty-six ; or, as Eusebius's twenty four years.

VII. Theophilus, thirteen: he was a man of great parts and learning many of his works were extant in Eusebius's time, and some of them are handed down to us.

VIII. Maximinus, thirteen: he dying, the next that was chosen, was, IX. Serapio, twenty-five: many of his works are mentioned by Eusebius and St. Jerom. To him succeeded,

X. Asclepiades; he was a man of great worth and eminency, and invincible constancy in the time of persecution he continued in this see nine years. XI. Philetus, eight. XII. Zebinus,or Zebennus: six years.

XIII. Babylas, thirteen: after many conflicts and sufferings for the faith, he received the crown of martyrdom under Decius, who demanded his chains to be buried with him.

XIV. Fabius, or, as the patriarch Nicephorus calls him, Flavius, pos sessed the chair nine years. He was a little inclining towards novationism. 4 XV. Demetrianus: he sat bishop, according to Nicephorus, four; Euse bius says, eight years.

XVI. Paulus Samosatenus sat in the chair eight years; when, for his unepiscopal manners and practices, his unsound dogmata and principles, and especially his mean and unworthy opinions concerning our Saviour, he was condemned and deposed by a synod at Antioch, whose synodical determination is at large extant in Eusebius' history.

XVII. Domnus succeeded in the place of the deposed. He was son to Demetrian, Paulus' predecessor in that see; constituted and ordained to the place by the fathers of that synod, who further give him this honoura ble character, that he was a man endued with all episcopal virtues and ornaments. Eusebius makes him to have held the see six, Nicephorus but two years. XVIII. Timæus: he sat in the chair ten years.

XIX. Cyrillus, who presided over that church, in the account of Nicephorus, fifteen; according to Eusebius twenty four years.

XX. Tyrannus, he sat thirteen years. In his time began the tenth persecution under Dioclesian, which raged with great severity. XXI. Vitalis, six. XXII. Paulinus, or, as Nicephorus calls him, Paulus; who after five years, was deposed & driven out by the Arian faction, which then prevailed XXIII. Eustathius, formerly bishop of Boroea, was a learned man, and of great note and eminency, in the council at Nice, which was the first gen eral council summoned by Constantine the great, after he had restored peace and prosperity to the church in general.

THE CHURCH AT ROME, IN ITALY.

MANY of the fathers having with good reason, equally attributed the foundation of this celebrated church to Peter and Paul, the one as the apostle of the circumcision preached to the Jews, while the other, probably as the apostle of the uncircumcision preached to the Gentiles. The following is the order in which it's bishops succeeded.

1. St. Peter and St. Paul, who both suffered martyrdom under Nero, the Roman Emperor.

11. Linus, the son of Hurculanus, a Tuscan; he is mentioned by St. Paul: he sat between eleven and twelve years.

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11. Cleus. or Anacletus, or Anancletus a Roman, the son of Æmilianus he sat nine, though others say but two years.

IV. Clemens, a Roman, born in Mount Cælius, was the son of Fausti nus, near akin, say some, to the emperor: he was condemned to dig in the marble quarries near the Euxine sea, and by the command of Trajan, with an anchor about his neck, thrown into the sea. He was bishop of Rome nine years and four months,

V. Euaristus, by birth a Greek but his father was a Jew of Bethlehem: he is said to have been crowned with martyrdom the last year of Trajan, in the ninth of his bishopric, or the thirteenth, according to others,

VI. Alexander, a Roman, though young in years, was grave in his manners and conversation: he sat ten years and seven months, and died a martyr.

VII. Xystus, or Sixtus, a Roman: he was martyred in the tenth year of his bishopric, and buried in the Vatican at Rome.

Viti. Telesphorus, a Greek succeeded, Justin the martyr flourished in his time. He died a martyr, having sat eleven years and three months; ten years and eight months, according to others; and lies buried near St. Peter, in the Vatican.

IX. Hyginus, the son of an Athenial philosopher, was advanced to the chair under Antoninus Pius: he sat four years; Eusebius say eight.

X. Pius, an Italian, was horn at Aquileia: he died, having been bishop eleven years and four months; according to Eusebius, fifteen years.

XI. Anicetus, born in Syria: he is said, after nine, or, as others eleven years, to have suffered martyrdom, and was buried in the Via Appia, in the cemetery of Callistus; In his time Polycarp came to Rome.

XII. Sotar, or, as Nicephorus calls him, Soterichus, was a Campanian the son of Concordius. There was an intercourse of letters between him and Dionisius bishop of Corinth. He died after he had sat nine, or, as Eusebius reckons, seven years.

X111. Elutherius, born at Nicopolis in Greece. To im Lucius king of Britain sent a letter and an embassy. He sat fifteen years, died A. D. one hundred and eighty-six, and lies buried in the Vatican at Rome.

XIV. Victor, an African, the son of Felix, was a man of furious and intemperate spirit. He was bishop ten years.

XV. Zephyrinas, a Roman, succeeded, and possessed the chair eight, or, as others eighteen years; twenty, says Onuphrius: a pious and learned man, but a little warping towards the errors of Montanus.

XVI. Callistus, or Calixtus, the son of Domitius, a Roman; a prudent and modest man: he suffered much in the persecution under Alexander Severus, under whom he became a martyr, being thrown into a well by the procurement of Ulpian the great lawyer, but a severe enemy to Christians, he sat six years, or as others maintain, five and one month; and though he made a cemetery, or burial place, called after his own name, yet was he buried in that of Calepodius, in the Appian Way.

XVII. Urbanus, the son of Pontianus, a Roman; after four, or as, some, six years, he suffered martyrdom for the faith; Eusebius has five. St. Jerom, in his translation, nine. He was buried in Prætextatus's cometery in the Appian Way.

XVIII. Pontianus, the son of Calphurnius, a Roman: for his boldly reproving the Roman idolatry, he was banished into the island Sardinia, where he died; he was bishop about three or four, or, as Eusebius, five years.

XIX. Anteros, a Greek, the son of Romulus: he died, according to some, when he had kept his place only one month, (though others, without reason, make him to have lived in it many years) and was buried in the cemetery of Callistus.

XX. Fabianus, a Roman, he was unexpectedly chosen bishop, while several others being in competition, a pigion suddenly descended and sat upon his head, the great emblem of the Holy Spirit. He died a martyr, after fourteen years; and was buried in the same place with his predecessor.

XXI. Cornelius, a Roman, who opposed and condemned Novocation: frequently letters passed between him and Cyprian. After somewhat more than two years, he was first cruelly whipped, then beheaded, and afterwards buried in a vault within the grange of Lucina, near the Appian Way.

XXII. Lucius, a Roman, sat two, or, as others three years: he suffered martyrdom by the command of Valerian, and was buried in Callistus" cemetery.

XXIII. Stephanus, a Roman, the son of Julius; great contests were between him and Cyprian, about re-baptizing those who had been baptized by Heretics. He was beheaded after he had sat about two or three years, though others say seven; and was buried by his Predecessor.

XXIV. Xystus, a Greek, formerly a philosopher of Athens. After one, or, as others compute, two years and ten months, he suffered martyrdom: Eusebius reckons it eight years.

XXV. Dionysius, of a monk made bishop in the judgment of Dionysius, bishop of Alexandria, was a truly learned and admirable perion. The time of his presidency is uncertainly assigned, six, nine, ten, eleven: Eusebius extends it to twelve years.

XXVI. Felix, a Roman; in his time arose the Manichæan heresy. He suffered about the fourth or fifth year of his episcopacy, and lies buried in the Aurelian Way, in a cemetery of his own, two miles from Rome.

XXVII. Eutychianus, a Tuscan, a man exceedingly careful of the bus rial of martyrs; after one year's space, was himself crowned with martyrdom: Eusebius allows him to be eight months: Onuphrius eight years and six months.

XXVIII. Caius, or, as Eusebius calls him, Gaianus, a Dalmatian, kinsman to the emperor Dioclesian, and in the persecution under him, became a martyr. He sat eleven years; some say longer: Eusebius fifteen years. He was beheaded, and buried in Callistus's cemetery.

XXIX. Marcellinus, a Roman: through fear of torment he sacrificed to the Gods; but recovering himself, died a martyr, after he had sat eight or nine years. He was beheaded, and buried in the cemetery of Priscilla, In the Salatian Way. To him succeeded,

XXX. Marcellus, a Roman; he was condemned by Maxentius the tyrant, to keep beasts in a stable, which be performed, yet without omitting his prayers and exercises of devotion. He died after five years and six months, and was buried in the cemetery of Priscilla.

XXXI. Eusebius, & Greek, was the son of a physician: he suffered much under the tyranny of Maxentius. He sat six years, say some; four; say others; though Eusébius allows him but seven months: Onu phrius one year and seven months. He was buried in the Appian Way, near Callistus's cemetery.

XXXII. Miltiades, an African; he might probably be a confessor under Maxentius, but could not be a martyr under Maximinus, as some report him. He sat three or four, though others assign him but two years; and was buried in the cemetery of Callistus.

XXXIII. Silvester, a Roman; he was elected unto the place, A. D. three hundred and fourteen, fetched from the mountain Soract, whether he had Hed for fear of persecution. He was highly in favour with Constantine the great. He sat twenty-three, Nicephorus says, twenty-eight years.

THE CHURCH AT JERUSALEM, IN JUDEA.

IT may with some degree of truth be affirmed, that the church of Jerusalem was founded by our Lord himself, as it was for some time cultivated and improved by the ministry of the whole college of apostles. The bishops of it succeeded in the following order.

1. St. James the Less, the brother of our Lord, by him, say some, im. mediately constituted bishop; but as others, more probably, by the apos

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tles: he was thrown off the temple, and his brains beat out with a fuller's club.

II. Simeon, the son of Cleophas, brother of Joseph, our Lord's reputed father, he sat in this chair twenty-three years, and suffered martyrdom in the reign of Trajan, in the one hundred and twentieth year of his age. III. Justus succeeded in his room, and sat six years.

IV. Zacheus, or, as Nicephorus the patriarch calls him, Zacharias, four. V. Tobias; to him, after four years, succeeded,

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VI. Benjamin, who sat two years. VII. John, who continued the same space. VIII. Matthias, or Matthæus, two IX. Philipus, one year; next came, X. Senaca, who sat four years. XI. Justus, four. XII. Levi, or Lebes, two. XIII. Ephrem, or Ephres, or, as Epiphanius styles him, Vaphres, two. XIV. Joseph, two. XV. Judas, two. We may observe, that most of these bishops governed the church but a short time, following one another with a very quick succession; which, doubtless, was in a great measure owing to the turbulent and unquiet humour of the Jewish nation, frequently rebelling against the Roman powers, whereby they provoked them to fall heavy upon them, and cut off all that came in their way, making no distinction between Jews and Christians; as indeed they were all Jews, though differing in the rites of their religion: for hitherto the bishops of Jerusalem had successively been of the cricumcision, the church there having been entirely made up of Jewish converts: but Jerusalem being now utterly laid waste, and the Jews dispersed into all other countries, the Gentiles were admitted not only into the body of that church, but even into the episcopal chair. They are ranged in the following order.

XVI. Marcus, who sat eight years. XVII. Cassianus, eight.

XVIII. Publius, five. XIX. Maximus, four, XX. Julanus, two.
XXI. Caianus, three. XXII. Julianus, four.

XXV. Elius, two, We do not find the bishop mentioned by Eusebius; but he is recorded by Nicephorus of Constantinople.

XXVI. Capito, four. XXVII. Maximus, four. XXVIII. Antonius, five. XXIX. Valens, three. XXX. Dulichianus, two.

XXXI. Narcissus, four. He was a man of eminent piety, famous for the great miracles which he wrought; but not being able to bear the aspersions (though God finally and miraculously vindicated bis innocency) he left his church, and retired into deserts and solitary Places. In his absence was chosen,

XXXII. Dius, who sat eight years after him.

XXXIII. Germanio, four.

XXXIV. Gordius, five. In his time Narcissus, as one from the dead, returned from his place of retirement, and was importuned by the people again to take the government of the church upon him, being highly reverenced by them, both for his strict and philosophical course of life, and the signal vengeance which God took of his accusers; and in this second administration he continued ten years, suffering martyrdom when he was near an hundred and twenty years old. To relieve the infirmi, ties of his great age, they took in to be his colleague,

XXXV. Alexander, formerly bishop in Cappadocia: he was an eminent confessor and having sat fifteen years, died in prison under the Decian persecution. XXXVI. Mazabanes, nine years.

XXXVII. Hymenæus, twenty three. XXXVIII. Zabdas ten. XXXIX. Hermon, nine. He was as Eusebius tells us, the last bishop of his see before that that fatal persecution that raged even in his time.

XL. Macarius, ordained A. D. three hundred and fifteen: he was present in the great Niocence council. He sat, says Nicephorus of Constantinople, twenty years: but St. Jerom allows him to have continued a much longer time in the government of the church.

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THE CHURCH AT CONSTANTINOPLE,
Anciently called BIZANTIUM.

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doubted that this church was first founded by St. An

saccession of it's bishops was as follows:

Andrew the apostle." He was crucified at Patra in Achaia.

II. Stachys, whom St. Paul calls his beloved Stachys, ordained bishop by St. Andrew: he sat sixteen years.

III. Onesinmus, fourteen. IV. Polycarpus, seventeen.

V. Plutarchus, sixteen. VI. Sedecio, nine.

VII. Diogenes, fifteen. Of the last three no mention is made in Nice. phorus of Constantinople, but they are delivered by Nicephorus Callistus, lib. viii. c. 6. p. 540- VIII, Eleutheris, seven.

IX. Felix, five. X. Polycarpus, seventeen.

XI. Athenodorus, four. He erected a church called Elea, afterwards much beautified and enlarged by Constantine the Great.

XII. Euzoius, sixteen, though Nicephorus Callistus allows but six.
XIII. Laurentius, eleven years and six months.

XIV. Alypius, thirteen.

XV Pertinax, a man of consular dignity, he built another church near the sea side, which he called Peace. He sat nineteen years, which Nicephorus, Callistus reduces to nine. XVI. Olympianus, eleven,

XVII. Marcus, thirteen. XVIII. Cyriacus, or, Cyrillianus sixteen. XIX. Constantinus, seven. In the first year of his bishopric, he built a church in the north part of the city, which he dedicated to the honour of Euphemia the martyr, who had suffered in that place. In this oratory he spent the remainder of his life. Quitting his episcopal chair to

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XX. Titus, who sat thirty-five years and six months; though Nicephorus Callistus makes it thirty-seven years. After him came

XXI. Dometrius, brother (as they tell us) to the emperor Probus. He was bishop twenty-one years and six months.

XX11. Probus, succeeded his father Dometrus, and sat twelve years after him.

XXIII Metrophanes his brother, who governed that church ten years. And in his time it was that Constantine translated the imperial court hither, enlarged and adorned it, called it after his own name, and made it the seat of the empire..

XXIV. Alexander succeeded; he was a man of great piety and integris ty, zealous and constant in maintaining the truth against the blasphemies of Arius. He sat twenty-three years.

THE CHURCH AT ALEXANDRIA, IN EGYPT.

ECCLESIASTICAL writers affirm, that the foundations of this church were laid, and a great part of it's superstructure raised by St. Mark; who though not strickly and properly an apostle, yet being an apostle at large, and immediately commissioned by St. Peter, it justly ob tained the honour of an apostolical church. It's bishops and governors are thus set down."

I. St. Mark the evangelist, of whose travels and martyrdom we have spoken in his life. He sat two years.

11. Anianus, characterized by Eusebius "A man beloved of God, and admirable in all things." He sat twenty-two years.

III. Avilius, twelve, or as Eusebius, thirteen.

IV. Credo, who succeeded ahout the first year of Trajan. He sat ten years; according to Eusebius, eleven. V. Primus, twelve.

VI. Justus, or Justinus, ten.

VII. Euinenes ten, or as Eusebius, thirteen: St. Jerom, in his translation, calls him Hymenæus.

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Marcus, or Marcianus, thirteen; or, as Eusebius, ten.

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