Meletius of Lycopolis and Episcopal Succession in Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20291437 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W Telfer, William H Telfer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1955 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 227-237 |
| Publication date | 1955-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Harvard Theological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-8160 • E-ISSN: 1475-4517 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0017816000025220 |
| OpenAlex | W2122202634 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The schismatic “Church of the martyrs” which arose in Egypt after the last persecution possessed, at the time of Nicaea, twenty-eight bishops besides its founder Meletius. Nothing survives to tell us with what rites these men were made bishops. But the schism was so nationalist in character that it is likely to have followed Egyptian church tradition. It has been contended that this tradition, as regards episcopal succession, was peculiar, and followed a pattern different from that established for the propagation of a Catholic hierarchy by the Fourth Canon of Nicaea. The aim of this article is to show that this contention finds support in the Meletian story
Ancient history · Bishops · Character (mathematics) · Ecological succession · Hierarchy · Nothing · Persecution · Political science · Politics · Schism · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |