Early bishops of Jerusalem
This is a list of the bishops of Jerusalem before the Council of Chalcedon (451), which provoked a schism.
James the Just, whose judgment was adopted in the Apostolic Decree of Acts 15:19–29, "...we should write to them [Gentiles] to abstain only from things polluted by idols and from fornication and from whatever has been strangled and from blood..." (NRSV)
Macarius of Jerusalem
Theophanes III
Dositheos II of Jerusalem
Jerusalem in Christianity
Jerusalem's role in first-century Christianity, during the ministry of Jesus and the Apostolic Age, as recorded in the New Testament, gives it great importance, both culturally and religiously, in Christianity. Jerusalem is generally considered the cradle of Christianity.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Jerusalem is generally considered the cradle of Christianity.
The Basilica of the Agony near the Mount of Olives.
Main entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.