Early bishops of Jerusalem
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This is a list of the bishops of Jerusalem before the Council of Chalcedon, 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)
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Macarius of Jerusalem
Theophanes III
Dositheos II of Jerusalem
James, brother of Jesus
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James the Just, or a variation of James, brother of the Lord, was, according to the New Testament, a brother of Jesus. James was personally known to Paul the Apostle. He was the first leader of the Ch
Early bishops of Jerusalem
…names of an unbroken succession of thirty-six Bishops of Jerusalem up to the year 324. The first fifteen of these bishops were of Jewish origin (from James the Just through Judas). Eusebius wrote that the bishops were Hebrew until Hadrian suppressed the Bar Kokhba revolt. After this the bishops were gentiles. James…
James the Just, 16th-century Russian icon
Icon by Stephanos Tzangarolas, 1688
Martyrdom of James the Just in Menologion of Basil II, a manuscript dating from late 10th or early 11th century.