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Theophilus, Bishop of Cæsarea in Palestine.
[a.d. 180.] When
Eusebius says that the churches of “all Asia” concurred in
the Ephesine use concerning the Paschal, he evidently means Asia Minor,
as in the Scriptures and elsewhere.3784
| 3784 See
(Polycrates) p. 773, supra, and Eusebius, H. E., book v.
cap. xxiii., etc., pp. 222–226. |
Throughout “the rest of the world,” he testifies, however,
that such was not the use. The Palestinian bishops, after the
Jewish downfall, seem to have been the first to comprehend the
propriety of adopting the more Catholic usage; and our author presided
over a council in Cæsarea, of which he was bishop, assisted by
Narcissus, bishop of Jerusalem, with Cassius of Tyre and Clarus of
Ptolemais, which confirmed it. It is to be noted, that Alexandria
is cited by Theophilus as authority for this custom; and it is not
quite correct to say that the Western usage prevailed at
Nicæa, for it was the general use, save only in Asia Minor and
churches which were colonies of the same. This fact has been
overlooked, and is very important, in history.
From His Epistle on the Question of the
Passover, Written in the Name of the Synod of Cæsarea.3785
| 3785 In
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl., v. 25. |
Endeavour also to send
abroad copies of our epistle among all the churches, so that those who
easily deceive their own souls may not be able to lay the blame on
us. We would have you know, too, that in Alexandria3786
| 3786 [Note, the
authority of Alexandria is quoted, not that of Rome.] | also they observe the
festival on the same day as ourselves. For the Paschal
letters are sent from us to them, and from them to us: so that we
observe the holy day in unison and together.
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