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Chapter
XXVIII.—The Illustrious Bishops of
that Time.
1. Of
these, the most eminent were Firmilianus,2381
| 2381 On Firmilianus, see Bk. VI. chap. 26, note 3. | bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia;
the brothers Gregory2382
| 2382 Gregory Thaumaturgus. On him and his brother, Athenodorus, see Bk.
VI. chap. 30, notes 1 and 2. | and
Athenodorus, pastors of the churches in Pontus; Helenus2383
| 2383 On Helenus, see Bk. VI. chap. 46, note 8. He presided at the final
council which deposed Paul of Samosata, according to the Libellus
Synodicus (see Labbe, Concilia, I. 893, 901), and this is
confirmed by the fact that in the encyclical epistle written by this
synod his name stands first (see chap. 30). | of the parish of Tarsus, and
Nicomas2384
| 2384 Of Nicomas, bishop of Iconium in Lycaonia, we know nothing. An
earlier bishop of the same city, named Celsus, is mentioned in Book VI.
chap. 19, above. | of Iconium; moreover,
Hymenæus,2385
| 2385 On Hymenæus, see chap. 14, note 11. | of the church
of Jerusalem, and Theotecnus2386
| 2386 On Theotecnus, see chap. 14, note 9. | of the
neighboring church of Cæsarea; and besides these Maximus,2387
| 2387 Of Maximus, bishop of Bostra, in Arabia, we know nothing. On
Beryllus, an earlier and more celebrated bishop of the same city, see
above, Bk. VI. chap. 33. | who presided in a distinguished
manner over the brethren in Bostra. If any should count them up he
could not fail to note a great many others, besides presbyters and
deacons, who were at that time assembled for the same cause in the
above-mentioned city.2388
But
these were the
most illustrious.
2. When all of these assembled
at different times and frequently to consider these matters, the
arguments and questions were discussed at every meeting; the adherents
of the Samosatian endeavoring to cover and conceal his heterodoxy, and
the others striving zealously to lay bare and make manifest his heresy
and blasphemy against Christ.
3. Meanwhile, Dionysius died in
the twelfth year of the reign of Gallienus,2389
| 2389 In both versions of the Chron. the death of Dionysius is
put in the eleventh year of Gallienus, i.e. August, 263, to August,
264, and this, or the date given here by Eusebius (the twelfth year,
August, 264, to August, 265) is undoubtedly correct. Upon the dates of
his accession and death, see Bk. VI. chap. 40, note 1. | having held the episcopate of
Alexandria for seventeen years, and Maximus2390
| 2390 Maximus had been a presbyter while Dionysius was bishop of
Alexandria, and had shared with him the hardships of the Decian and
Valerian persecutions (see above, chap. 11). In chap. 32, he is said to
have held office eighteen years, and with this both versions of the
Chron. agree, and there is no reason to doubt the accuracy of
the report. |
succeeded him.
4. Gallienus after a reign of
fifteen years2391
| 2391 Eusebius here, as in his Chron., reckons the reign of
Gallienus as beginning with the date of his association with his father
in the supreme power; i.e. August, 253. | was succeeded
by Claudius,2392
| 2392 Claudius became emperor in March, 268, and died of an epidemic in
Sirmium some time in the year 270, when he was succeeded by Aurelian,
whom he had himself appointed his successor just before his death. It
is, perhaps, with this in mind that Eusebius uses the somewhat peculiar
phrase, μεταδίδωσι
τὴν
ἡγεμονίαν | who in two years delivered the
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