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Simeon of Jerusalem, or Simon of Clopas (Hebrew: שמעון הקלפוס), was a Jewish Christian leader and according to most Christian traditions the second Bishop of Jerusalem (63 or 70–107 or 117), succeeding James, brother of Jesus.
The early Christian community of Jerusalem was led by a Council of Elders, and considered itself part of the wider Jewish community. [citation needed] This collegiate system of government in Jerusalem is seen in Acts 11:30 and 15:22. Eusebius of Caesarea provides the names of an unbroken succession of thirty-six Bishops of Jerusalem up to the ...
Simeon of Jerusalem (fl. 70–107 AD), 1st–2nd century saint, martyr, and second bishop of Jerusalem Simeon, Archbishop of Seleucia and Ctesiphon (died 345), 4th-century Christian martyr Simeon Stylites , the Elder (390–459), 5th century Christian ascetic saint who lived for 37 years atop a pillar
[18] According to Clement of Alexandria, reported by Eusebius, he was chosen as bishop of Jerusalem, [19] and from the time when Peter left Jerusalem after Herod's attempt to kill him he appears as the principal authority in the Jerusalem church, presiding at the Council of Jerusalem recorded in Acts 15. [19]
Another tradition holds that this is the Simeon of Jerusalem who served as the second bishop of Jerusalem from 62 to 107 CE after the execution of James the Just, although he was born in Galilee. [ 12 ] [ 13 ]
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Peter also corresponded with Barsanuphius, a famous hermit who lived close to a monastery in Gaza, whom he asked various questions relating to the governance of the Church. This included for instance asking Barsanuphius for guiding principles in choosing adequate candidates for ordination or about how to deal with an influential donor who was ...
Cyril of Jerusalem (346 AD) in the sixth of his Catechetical Lectures prefaces his history of the Manichaeans by a brief account of earlier heresies: Simon Magus, he says, had given out that he was going to be translated to heaven, and was actually careening through the air in a chariot drawn by demons when Peter and Paul knelt down and prayed ...