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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 ...
[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]
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
Simeon II or Symeon II was a Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem in the 11th century. Simeon was appointed patriarch in the 1080s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Pope Urban II addressed a letter to him, urging him to acknowledge papal primacy to achieve the union of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches. [ 3 ]
The Jerusalem Church was an early Christian community located in Jerusalem, of which James and Peter were leaders. According to a universal tradition the first bishop was the Apostle James the Less, the "brother of the Lord". His predominant place and residence in the city are implied by Galatians 1:19.
The diocese has returned the icons and other objects after the community’s outrage was covered by various media outlets, and the bishop replaced Simeon-Aguinam with another priest.
J. James the Great; James the Less; James, brother of Jesus; James, son of Alphaeus; Joachim; Joanna, wife of Chuza; John I (bishop of Jerusalem) John III (bishop of Jerusalem)