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| The Bishops of Jerusalem.
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Chapter
X.—The Bishops of
Jerusalem.
Narcissus having departed, and no one knowing where he was, those presiding
over the neighboring churches thought it best to ordain another bishop.
His name was Dius.1819
| 1819 Of these three bishops, Dius, Germanio, and Gordius, we know
nothing more than is told us here. Syncellus assigns eight years to
Dius, four to Germanio, and five to Sardianus, whom he names instead of
Gordius. Epiphanius reports that Dius was bishop until Severus (193
a.d.), and Gordius until Antonine (i.e.
Caracalla, 211 a.d.). But no reliance is to be
placed upon these figures or dates, as remarked above, Bk. V. chap. 12,
note 2. | He presided but
a short time, and Germanio succeeded him. He was followed by Gordius,1820
| 1820 Eusebius and Epiphanius give Τόρδιος, and Jerome, Gordius; but the Armenian has Gordianus, and
Syncellus, Σαρδιανός. What became of Gordius when Narcissus reappeared we do
not know. He must have died very speedily, or some compromise would
have been made, as it seems, which would have rendered the appointment
of Alexander as assistant bishop unnecessary. | in whose time Narcissus appeared again,
as if raised from the dead.1821
| 1821 Literally, “as if from a resurrection” (ὥσπερ ἐξ
ἀναβιώσεως). | And immediately
the brethren besought him to take the episcopate, as all admired him
the more on account of his retirement and philosophy, and especially
because of the punishment with which God had avenged him.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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