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Apostolic-Succession-Poster.Pdf There have been 161 bishops who have ministered in succession connecting our bishop with the twelve apostles 30 1.St. Peter (32-67) who before dying in Rome, appointed: 2.St. Linus (67-76) ROME Our Lord Jesus Christ commissioned the Twelve to minister 3.St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88) 4.St. Clement I (88-97) in his name, among them, St. Peter: 5.St. Evaristus (97-105) 6.St. Alexander I (105-115) The Apostles take the message into Judea, 7.St. Sixtus I (115-125) 8.St. Telesphorus (125-136) Samaria, and the Ends of the Earth. First SUCCESSION 9.St. Hyginus (136-140) 10.St. Pius I (140-155) 11.St. Anicetus (155-166) to the reaches of the Roman Empire, which 12.St. Soter (166-175) Listed in Irenaeus, writing c. 175 writing in Irenaeus, c. Listed 13.St. Eleutherius (175-189) included England, and then, in the 16th IN THE SEE 14.St. Victor I (189-199) 15.St. Zephyrinus (199-217) 16.St. Callistus I (217-22) century, into the New World. 17.St. Urban I (222-30) 18.St. Pontain (230-35) Showing Continuity of Teaching 19.St. Anterus (235-36) 20.St. Fabian (236-50) 21.St. Cornelius (251-53) 22.St. Lucius I (253-54) 23.St. Stephen I (254-257) In the Same Place 24.St. Sixtus II (257-258) 25.St. Dionysius (260-268) 26.St. Felix I (269-274) THE SCRIPTURES 27.St. Eutychian (275-283) 28.St. Caius (283-296) 29.St. Marcellinus (296-304) Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so 30.St. Marcellus I (308-309) I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to 31.St. Eusebius (309 or 310) Listed in Hegesippius, collected by Eusebius, writing c. 320 writing c. Eusebius, by collected in Hegesippius, Listed 32.St. Miltiades (311-14) them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” John 20:21-22 33.St. Sylvester I (314-35) 34.St. Marcus (336) 35.St. Julius I (337-52) And they [The Apostles] prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, 36.Liberius (352-66) show which one of these two you have chosen to take the place in this ministry 37.St. Damasus I (366-83) and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”Acts 1:24-25 38.St. Siricius (384-99) 39.St. Anastasius I (399-401) 40.St. Innocent I (401-17) MANUAL This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, 41.St. Zosimus (417-18) 42.St. Boniface I (418-22) and appoint elders in every town as I directed you. Titus 1:5 43.St. Celestine I (422-32) 44.St. Sixtus III (432-40) SUCCESSION 45.St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61) 46.St. Hilarius (461-68) THE EARLIEST CHURCH FATHERS 47.St. Simplicius (468-83) 48.St. Felix III (II) (483-92) 49.St. Gelasius I (492-96) nd our Apostles knew through our Lord Jesus Christ that there would 50.Anastasius II (496-98) The un-broken chain of 51.St. Symmachus (498-514) be strife over the name of the bishop’s office. For this cause therefore, 52.St. Hormisdas (514-23) having received complete foreknowledge,they appointed the aforesaid 53.St. John I (523-26) persons, and afterwards they provided a continuance, that if these should fall 54.St. Felix IV (III) (526-30) Hands-to-Head A 55.Boniface II (530-32) asleep, other approved men should succeed to their ministration. 56.John II (533-35) —St. Clement of Rome, 1 Clement 44 (a.d. 95) 57.St. Agapetus I (535-36) 58.St. Silverius (536-37) 59.Vigilius (537-55) Ordinations t is possible, then, for everyone in every church, who may wish to know the 60.Pelagius I (556-61) truth, to contemplate the tradition of the apostles which has been made known 61.John III (561-74) 62.Benedict I (575-79) The name in parentheses is the city they were bishop of, and the year in which they were consecrated to us throughout the whole world. And we are in a position to enumerate in Roman archives and collected ChroniconsHistories, in multiple and Church Listed Although this record is not 63.Pelagius II (579-90) 1 Godwin (Lyons) descended from a line of French Bishops, tracing back to the Apostles complete back to the Apostles, 64.St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604) who sent to England those who were instituted bishops by the apostles and their successors down to our Berthwald (Canterbury, 693-731) what it shows is the certainty 65.1 St. Augustine 597-605 I CANTERBURYDaniel (Winchester, 705- ) of the Apostolic line from our own times, men who neither knew nor taught anything like what these heretics rave about... The blessed apostles, then, having founded and built up the Church, who established the see of Canterbury and was followed by Tatwin (Canterbury, 731- ) own day back to the 7th century. 66.2 St. Laurentius 605-619 Egbert (York, 734- ) It also shows that our apostolic committed into the hands of Linus the office of the episcopate. Of this Linus, 67.3 St. Mellitus 619-624 Jaenbert (Canterbury, 766- ) descent is in no way contingent 68.4 St. Justus 624-627 Ethelbert (York, 767- ) on the papal succession of the later Paul makes mention in the Epistles to Timothy. To him succeeded Anacletus; and corrupt middle ages, but has its 69.5 St. Honorius 627-653 Ethelbert Whithern (Hexham, 777- ) after him, in the third place from the apostles, Clement was allotted the bishopric. own hands-to-head integrity 70.6 St. Deusdedit 655-664 Eanbald II (York, 796- ) back to the 10th century with This man, as he had seen the blessed apostles, and had been conversant with them, 71.7 St. Theodore of Tarsus 668-90 Egbert (Lindisfarne, 803) 72.8 St.Berhtuald 693-731 certainty, and back to the 7th The record of who consecrated who between 803 and 909 is not clear from the available written century probably. Moreover, might be said to have the preaching of the apostles still echoing [in his ears], and 73.9 St. Taetwine 731-734 evidence, due to the tumultuous events of this century, which included the first of the viking raids. when this list is corroborated their traditions before his eyes. 74.10 St. Nothelm 734-740 We have plenty of record of bishops in this century, at the various sees around England, such as with what we know from Listed in Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, c. 730 c. Ecclesiastical History, in Bede’s Listed 75.11 St. Cuthbert 740-758 the line of bishops at Lindisfarne, following Egbert at Lindisfarne we have: Heathwred (821- ), —St. Irenaeus of Layons, Against Heresies 3:3:1 (a.d. ~180) 2 other historical records, and 76.12 St. Breogwine 759-762 Ecgred (830- ), Eanbert (845- ), Eardulf (854- ), Cutheard (899- ). the universality of apostolic 77.13 St. Jaenberht 763-790 Pope Formosus in Rome consecrated Plegmund in 890 to the See of Canterbury. The only co-con- ordination worldwide in the f any dare to connect themselves with the Apostolic age that they appear to 78.14 St. Aethelheard 790-803 secrators who would have been available to join him for the men that he (Plegmund) consecrated earliest centuries, as well as have descended from the Apostles because they have been under the rule of 79.15 Wulfred 803-829 would have been from the surviving British line that traces back to Berthwald, and so the two the tradition of always having 80.16 Fleogild 829-830 lines, British (via French) and Italian were swiftly merged back together, even though Plegmund more than one consecrator, it is the Apostles, we can say: Let them declare the origins of their Churches, let 81.17 Ceolnoth 830-870 was consecrated in Rome. probable to the point of certainty 82.18 Aethelred 870-889 Plegmund (Canterbury, 890- ) that the manual transmission them unfold the succession of their bishops, so coming down from the beginning (hands-to-head) is indeed 83.19 Plegemund 891-923 Athelm (Wells, 909-923. In 923 he is translated to the see of Canterbury. This is the first instance I of this practice in church history, and it becomes a new precedent. For the remainder of this list, the unbroken from the time of the with continuous steps that the first bishop may have had as his consecrator and 84.20 Aethelm 923-925 first city listed is the city they were initially consecrated to, and if a second city is named, that is the Apostles on down. predecessor one of the Apostles, or of the Apostolic men who remained in the 85.21 Wulfelm 928-941 3 city he was bishop of at the time of his consecrating the man next in this list) 86.22 St. Odo the Severe 941-958 communion of Apostles. Wulfhelm (Wells, 914-, Canterbury) 87.23 Aelsine 958-959 Odo (Ramsbury, 926-, Canterbury) —Tertullian Prescription against Heretics 32 (a.d. ~195) 88.24 St. Dunstan 959-988 Dunstan (Worcester, 957-, Canterbury) 89.25 Aethelgar 988-989 Siric (Ramsbury, 985- , Canterbury) 90.26 Sigeric the serious 990-994 Elfric (Ramsbury, 990- , Canterbury) 91.27 Aefric 995-1005 1000 Wulfstan (Worcester and York, 1003- ) 92.28 St. Alphege 1006-1012 Ethelnoth (Canterbury, 1020- ) 93.29 Lyfing 1013-1020 Eadsige (St.
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