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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.
Peter Joseph Jugis (born March 3, 1957) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who was the bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte in North Carolina from 2003 to 2024. Biography [ edit ]
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 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 ...
James Tabor, in his controversial book The Jesus Dynasty, suggests that Simon was the son of Mary and Clophas. [7] While Robert Eisenman suggests he was Simon Cephas (Simon the Rock), known in Greek as Peter (from petros "rock"), who led the Jewish Christian community after the death of James in 62 CE.
Hegesippus mentions a Simon or Simeon (the names are equivalent) who became leader of the Jerusalem church after the death of James, but makes this Simon a son of Clopas, the brother of Joseph. [29] Of the "brothers," however, no direct relationship to Mary or Joseph is ever indicated.
He would then be the cousin of Jesus or a son of Joseph from a previous marriage. [11] 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]
Justus I Bishop of Jerusalem, whose Jewish name is Judas, was a 2nd-century Jewish Christian leader and according to most Christian traditions the third Bishop of Jerusalem, whose episcopacy was about 107–113 AD. He succeeded Simeon the son of Clopas who died crucified in 107/108, or in 115-117.