Section 479
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 475 A. D. About this time the dates cf the succession in the church of Jeru salem became uncertain. The first fifteen bishops were all He brews. Of these, however, w know but little more than th names of the succession preservec by Eusebius -v - 13 After these followed the Gentil succession, when the dates be came more certain. See the ta bularview of the bishops append ed to this table. 99. The apostle John dies at Ephe sus. Euarestus, bishop of Rome 128 Primus, bishop of Alexandria. Alexander succeeds Euarestus in the see of Rome - - 128 107. Ignatius suffers martyrdom. 117. Trajan dies, and is succeeded by Adrian - - - 129 Quadratus and Aristides write a defence of Christianity addressed to Adrian - 129 Xystus, or Sixtus, bishop of Rome. Justus of Alexandria ; Telesphorus succeeds Xystus at Rome, and Eumenes succeeds Justus at Alexandria - - - 131 Barchochebas the impostor 131 The last siege of the Jews, when the name of Jerusalem was changed and called ^Elia, in ho nour of the emperor, ^Elius Ad rian ... 132 About this time appeared the here sies of Menander, Saturninus, and Basilides, the offspring of the heresy of Simon Magus 133 Adrian forbids the Christians to be punished without trial 136 Hegesippus and Justin contempo rary writers - - 135 138. Adrian dies, and is succeeded by Antoninus Pius - - 137 Hyginus, successor of Telesphorus at Rome ... 137 Valentine and Cerdon, Gnostics, notorious at Rome - 137 Justin addresses his apology to Antonine, by which the emperor is induced to send his edict to the cities of Asia - 139, 140 Pius, bishop of Rome, is succeeded by Anicetus - - 141 161. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus sucA.D. ceeds Antoninus Pius, and is __ sociated with Lucius Antoninus Verus, his brother - 142 163. Justin addresses a second apology to the emperors ; about the same time also Athenagoras and Tatian wrote their apologies. 166. Martyrdom of Justin and PolycarP - - - 149, 150 Fourth persecution ; Anicetus suc ceeded by Soter in the see of Rome, and Celadion succeeded by Agrippinus in the see of Alexan dria 156 Heron, Eros, Theophilus, bishops ofAntioch - - 156 Dionysius of Corinth, Pinytus of Crete, Philip Apollinaris, and Melito, Musanus Modestus, and Irenseus, contemporary writers 156 169. L. Verus dies. The Christian legion pray for rain, and victory over the Marcomanni, whence the legion is called fulminea - - - 134 Eleutherus of Rome - 168 Bardesanes of Syria - 167 177. Martyrs of Lyons and Vienna in Gaul 169 Syriac and Italian translations of the New Testament are made about these times, as also those of Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion. 80. Antonine dies, and is succeeded by Commodus - - 190 Agrippinus is succeeded by Julian in the see of Alexandria 190 Pantaenus, the philosopher, at the head of the Alexandrian school 190 Clement of Alexandria, the pupil of Pantaenus - - 191 Narcissus, bishop of Jerusalem, being the fifteenth of the Gentile succession, which commenced after the invasion of Judea under Adrian - - - 192 Rhodo opposes the errors of Marcion 192 Phrygian errors, Montanus, Priscilla Maximilla - 191—194 Blastus, schismatic, at Rome 194 Miitiades and Apollonius, eccle siastical writers ; the latter dies a martyr ... 205 3L