With the successors of Julian we have something more than a mere list of names. ![]() 130) Eumenes Mark II Celadion Agrippinus Julian (d. Mark ordained Primus, also called Ephraim, advanced from the grade of layman Justus (d. 84) Abilius Cerdon, one of the presbyters whom St. During the first two centuries of our era, though Egypt enjoyed unusual quiet, little is known of the ecclesiastical history of its chief see, beyond a barren list of the names of its patriarchs, handed down to us chiefly through the ecclesiastical historian Eusebius. But neither Rome nor Alexandria recognized the claim until many years later. By the third canon of this council, afterwards confirmed by the twenty-eighth canon of the Council of Chalcedon (452), the Patriarch of Constantinople, supported by imperial authority and by a variety of concurring advantages, was given the right of precedency over the Patriarch of Alexandria. Up to the time of the second ecumenical council (381) the Patriarch of Alexandria ranked next to the Bishop of Rome. The title of patriarch did not come into use until the fifth century. As the Christians multiplied, and other metropolitan sees were created, he became known as the arch-metropolitan. Mark was the only metropolitan, and he governed ecclesiastically the entire territory. Within its jurisdiction, during its most flourishing period, were included about 108 bishops its territory embraced the six provinces of Upper Libya, Lower Libya (or Pentapolis), the Thebaid, Egypt, Acadia (or Heptapolis), and Augustamnica. Mark the Evangelist, was the centre from which Christianity spread throughout all Egypt, the nucleus of the powerful Patriarchate of Alexandria. The Church of Alexandria, founded according to the constant tradition of both East and West by St. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99. ![]() Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download.
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