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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 ...
In his Church History Eusebius of Caesarea gives the list of these bishops. [1] According to tradition the first bishop of Jerusalem was James the Just, the "brother of the Lord", who according to Eusebius said that he was appointed bishop by the apostles Peter, James (whom Eusebius identifies with James, son of Zebedee), and John.
Auxiliary Bishop: Francesco Fellinger (February 26, 1929 – July 22, 1940) vacant (1947–1949) Auxiliary Bishop: Vincent Gelat (April 30, 1948 – January 19, 1968) Alberto Gori (1949–1970) Vicar general: Bishop Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. (August 31, 1959 – July 15, 1963) Auxiliary Bishop: Hanna Kaldany (January 4, 1964 – May 14, 1996)
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.
Bishop in Jerusalem: 1976–1984: Faik Ibrahim Haddad, the first Palestinian Arab bishop. (Consecrated by Stopford, 29 August 1974, at St George's Cathedral, Jerusalem, to be coadjutor-bishop.) [19] 1984–1997: Samir Kafity, the second Palestinian Arab bishop. He served two five-year terms as the Provincial President-Bishop and Primate.
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An-Nasir Daud, emir of Kerak, captures Jerusalem and destroys the Tower of David. [515] [517] 1240. May 14. Robert of Nantes is appointed patriarch of Jerusalem, although he will not arrive in the east until 1244. [518] Summer. Al-Adil II's retainers depose him and make his brother, As-Salih Ayyub, the ruler of Egypt.
John's authority was harshly questioned twice by Jerome, then abbot in Bethlehem.. The first time was in the frame of the first polemic with Origen's followers, and is narrated mainly in Jerome's treatise dedicated to Pammachius "Contra Ioannes Hierosolymitanum (Against John of Jerusalem)", as well as in other letters of Jerome (n. 51, 82 and 86).