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Chapter
XIV.—The Bishops that flourished at
that Time.
At that
time Xystus2277
| 2277 On Xystus II., see chap. 5, note 5. | was still presiding over the
church of Rome, and Demetrianus,2278
| 2278 On Demetrianus, see Bk. VI. chap. 46, note 12. |
successor of Fabius,2279
| 2279 On Fabius, see Bk. VI. chap. 39, note 7. | over the
church of Antioch, and Firmilianus2280
| 2280 On Firmilianus, see Bk. VI. chap. 26, note 3. | over that
of Cæsarea in Cappadocia; and besides these, Gregory2281
| 2281 Gregory Thaumaturgus, bishop of Neo-Cæsarea in Pontus from
about 233–270 (?). Upon Gregory, see Bk. VI. chap. 30, note
1. | and his brother Athenodorus,2282
| 2282 On Athenodorus, see ibid. note 2. | friends of Origen, were presiding over
the churches in Pontus; and Theoctistus2283
| 2283 On Theoctistus, see Bk. VI. chap. 19, note 27. | of Cæsarea in Palestine having
died, Domnus2284
| 2284 Of the life and character of Domnus we know nothing. So far as I
am aware he is mentioned only here. His dates are uncertain, but his
predecessor, Theoctistus, was still bishop in the time of Stephen of
Rome (254–257; see above, Bk. VI. chap. 19, note 27), while he
himself became bishop before the death of Xystus of Rome, as we may
gather from this chapter, i.e. before August, 258 (see chap. 5, note
5), so that between these dates his accession must be placed.
Eusebius’ words in this passage will hardly admit an episcopate
of more than one or two years; possibly he was bishop but a few
months. | received the episcopate there.
He held it but a short time, and Theotecnus,2285
| 2285 The dates of Theotecnus are likewise uncertain. Eusebius in Bk.
VII. chap. 32, says that he was acquainted with Pamphilus during the
episcopate of Agapius (the successor of Theotecnus), implying that he
first made his acquaintance then. It is therefore likely that Agapius
became bishop some years before the persecution of Diocletian, for
otherwise we hardly allow enough time for the acquaintance of Pamphilus
and Eusebius who did so much work together, and apparently were friends
for so long a time. Pamphilus himself suffered martyrdom in 309 a.d. Theotecnus was quite a prominent man and was
present at the two Antiochian synods mentioned in chaps. 27 and 30,
which were convened to consider the heresy of Paul of
Samosata. | our contemporary, succeeded him. He
also was a member of Origen’s school. But in Jerusalem, after the
death of Mazabanes,2286
| 2286 On Mazabanes, see Bk. VI. chap. 39, note 5. |
Hymenæus,2287
| 2287 According to the Chron. of Eusebius, Hymenæus was
bishop of Jerusalem from 265–298. It is expressly stated in the
Chron. that the dates of the earlier Jerusalem bishops are not
known (see Bk. V. chap. 12, note 1); but with the dates of the bishops
of the latter part of the third century Eusebius can hardly have been
unacquainted, and that Hymenæus was bishop at any rate as early as
265 is proved by chaps. 27 and 30 (see the note on Mazabanes referred
to just above). The dates given in the Chron. may therefore be
accepted as at least approximately correct. | who has been
celebrated among us for a great many years, succeeded to his
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