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 1  2,4 | supplanted by the appointment of bishops and deacons. The last chapter
 2  2,5 |    influence to Ignatius' fellow bishops. As Bishop of Antioch, or
 3  5,5 |       claim of primacy among the bishops for its head was made explicit
 4  5,5 |      Liberian Catalogue of Roman bishops from Peter to Liberius dates
 5  9,1 |          death.~ Like most Asian bishops, Melito was a Quartodeciman;
 6 10,2 |      through an unbroken line of bishops in support of the standard
 7 10,2 |      gores a list of these Roman bishops reaching down from the days
 8 10,4 |      journey to Rome he met many bishops and received the same doctrine
 9 12,1 |   churches at the request of the bishops of Jerusalem and Caesarea.
10 12,1 |          in Alexandria. Only the bishops of Palestine, Phoenicia,
11 12,7 |          with Heraclides and the Bishops with him, concerning the
12 12,7 |      been called upon by several bishops otherwise unknown, and he
13 13,7 |          84]~ The book tells how bishops, presbyters, and deacons
14 13,8 |       opposing a series of Roman bishops on both practical and doctri
15 13,11|          correspondence with the bishops of Rome, writing to Stephen,
16 13,11|       had been the custom of the bishops of Alexandria to determine
17 14,6 |   Maximus, that is the bishop of bishops, issues an edict: I remit,
18 14,10|         was claimed by two rival bishops, Cornelius and Novatian,
19 14,10|          to overrule his brother bishops.~ In the time of Cornelius,
20 14,10|        found in the unity of the bishops, and although he fully recognized
21 14,10|      excommunicating the African bishops. This controversy was interrupted
22 14,10|        ineffective. The banished bishops simply organized new churches,
23 14,11|          between Cyprian and two bishops of Rome, Cornelius and his
24 14,11|         255 a council of African bishops was held in Carthage, and
25 14,11|        was attended bseventy-one bishops from Africa and Numidia.~
26 14,11|          256, a third council of bishops of Africa, Numidia, and
27 14,11|        excommunicate the African bishops who had refused to accept
28 14,12|         was the agreement of the bishops. The greatest danger the
29 15,3 |  apostolic successions among the bishops, (2) important events and