Senecas of Jerusalem was a
2nd century
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Early in the century, the Roman Empire attained its greatest e ...
Jewish
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Christian bishop
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of
Jerusalem
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.
According to
Eusebius of Caesarea, there were thirteen bishops of Jerusalem, between the fall of the Jewish temple and the
Bar Kokhba revolt, all were
Jewish Christian
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s. and he was 10th on that list. He is also mentioned in the
Epistle of James to Quadratus.
Some scholars have suggested that he was not a bishop but rather a
presbyter
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assisting
James the first Bishop,
[Richard Bauckham, Jude and the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church (Bloomsbury Publishing, 29 Jan. 2015) p 73-74. ] though this is controversial.
References
2nd-century bishops of Jerusalem
Year of birth unknown
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