Appendices to the Lists of the Apostles and Disciples
Appendices ad indices apostolorum discipulorumque
Lists of Disciples and Apostles§1
1Timothy, the bishop of Ephesus, was established by the blessed Paul and was from the Gentiles, not from the circumcision. Paul testifies much concerning him, admonishing him to guard the good confession of the gift that had been given to him, and he himself martyred himself there in glory.
Titus, the bishop of Crete, preached the gospel of the Lord to the Cretans and the surrounding islands, and having died there, he was buried. Criscus preached the gospel of the Lord in Gaul, and he is buried there. The eunuch of the queen Candace of the Ethiopians preached the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in prosperous Arabia, in the island of Taprobane, and throughout the whole Red Sea; the record says that he also testified gloriously and was buried there. His cemetery is an unassailable weapon for the faithful against robbers, a place of refuge that drives away disease and performs healings even until this day.
Regarding the apostles of the Savior who have become apostles, as Clement relates in the fifth of his outlines: Barnabas, Soshenes, Cephas (the namesake of Peter), Matthias, who was counted among the eleven, Eubulus, Pudens, Criscus in the fourth, Barsabas, and Linus, of whom Paul remembers...
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Appendices ad indices apostolorum discipulorumque 126 Τιμόθεος ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Ἐφέσου κατασταθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ μακαρίου Παύλου ἐξ ἐθνῶν ἦν, οὐκ ἐκ περιτομῆς, ᾧ καὶ πολλὰ μαρτυρεῖ Παῦλος νουθετῶν τὴν καλὴν ὁμολογίαν τοῦ δοθέντος αὐτῷ χαρίσματος φυλάξαι, ὃς καὶ ἐνδόξως ἐκεῖ ἐμαρτύρησεν. 127 Τίτος ἐπίσκοπος Κρήτης αὐτοῖς τοῖς Κρησὶ καὶ ταῖς πέριξ νήσοις ἐκήρυξε τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ κυρίου κἀκεῖ θανὼν ἐτάφη. Κρήσκης ἐν Γαλλίαις ἐκήρυξε τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ κυρίου κἀκεῖ θάπτεται. Ὁ εὐνοῦχος Κανδάκης τῆς βασιλίσσης Αἰθιόπων ἐν Ἀραβίᾳ τῇ εὐδαίμονι καὶ ἐν Ταπροβάνῃ νήσῳ καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ἐρυθρᾷ ἐκήρυξε τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, λόγος δὲ ἔχει καὶ μεμαρτυρηκέναι αὐτὸν ἐνδόξως καὶ ταφῆναι ἐκεῖ· καί ἐστιν αὐτοῦ τὸ κοιμητήριον ὅπλον ἀκαταμάχητον τοῖς πιστοῖς ἀλιτηρίων βαρβάρων, φυγαδευτήριον νόσους ἀπελαῦνον καὶ ἰάματα ἐνεργοῦν ἕως καὶ σήμερον. Ἐκ τῶν ἀποστόλων τοῦ σωτῆρος τῶν οʹ γεγόνασιν, ὡς ἱστορεῖ Κλήμης ἐν πέμπτῃ τῶν ὑποτυπόσεων, Βαρνάβας, 128 Σωσθένης, Κηφᾶς ὁμώνυμος Πέτρῳ, Ματθίας ὁ συγκαταριθμηθεὶς τοῖς ἕνδεκα, Εὔβουλος, Πούδης, Κρίσκης, ἐν τῇ βʹ, Βαρσαβᾶς καὶ Λίνος, οὗ μέμνηται Παῦλος
Deacons and Gospel Origins§2
2Concerning the writings for Timothy: Thaddaeus, Cleopas, and those with him. These are the names of the appointed deacons. First, Stephen the first martyr; second, Philip; third, Prochorus; fourth, Nicanor; fifth, Timon; sixth, Parmenas; and seventh, Nicholas. As for the leaders, who are these? Paul, Mark, Luke, Titus, Candace the eunuch, and John the Baptist.
It is necessary to know how the four gospels were written. After the ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, the gospel according to Matthew was written after eight years, the one according to Mark after twelve years, the one according to Luke after fifteen years, and the one according to John after a hundred years during the reign of King Domitian. The gospel according to Matthew was written by him in the Hebrew dialect in Jerusalem and was given out, and it was interpreted by John. The one according to Mark was dictated by Peter in Rome. The one according to Luke was dictated by Paul in Rome. The one according to John was written on the island of Patmos and was dictated by John himself during the times of Trajan and Commodus. The one according to Luke was written by Luke, a disciple of the apostle Paul, of whom he himself makes mention.
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Τιμοθέῳ γράφων, Θαδδαῖος, Κλεόπας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ. Ταῦτα εἰσὶ τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν προχειρισθέντων διακόνων. αʹ. Στέφανος ὁ πρωτομάρτυς. βʹ. Φίλιππος. γʹ. Πρόχωρος. δʹ. Νικάνωρ. εʹ. Τίμων. ʹ. Παρμενᾶς. ζʹ. καὶ Νικόλαος. Τῶν δὲ οʹ οἱ πρόκριτοί εἰσιν οὗτοι; Παῦλος, Μάρκος, Λουκᾶς, Τίτος, Κανδάκης ὁ εὐνοῦχος, Ἰωάννης βαπτιστής. ∆εῖ γινώσκειν τὸ πῶς συνεγράφησαν τὰ δʹ εὐαγγέλια. Ὅτι μετὰ τὴν ἀνάληψιν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ 129 τὸ κατὰ Ματθαῖον μετὰ ἔτη ηʹ, τὸ κατὰ Μάρκον μετὰ ἔτη ιβʹ, τὸ κατὰ Ἰωάννην μετὰ ἔτη λʹ ἐπὶ ∆ομετιανοῦ τοῦ βασιλέως, τὸ κατὰ Λουκᾶν μετὰ ἔτη ιεʹ. Τὸ κατὰ Ματθαῖον εὐαγγέλιον ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ γραφὲν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐξεδώθη, ἑρμηνεύθη δὲ ὑπὸ Ἰωάννου. Τὸ κατὰ Μάρκον ὑπηγορεύθη ὑπὸ Πέτρου ἐν Ῥώμῃ. Τὸ κατὰ Λουκᾶν ὑπηγορεύθη ὑπὸ Παύλου ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ. Τὸ κατὰ Ἰωάννην ἐν τοῖς χρόνοις Τραιανοῦ ὑπηγορεύθη ὑπὸ Ἰωάννου αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Κομόδου, ἐν Πάτμῳ τῇ νήσῳ ἐγράφη. Τοῦ δὲ κατὰ Λουκᾶν ὑπὸ Λουκᾶ μαθητοῦ ὑπάρχοντος τοῦ ἀποστόλου Παύλου, οὗ μνημονεύων ὁ αὐτὸς
The Authorship and Nature of the Gospels§3
3An apostle writes in one epistle: Luke the beloved physician greets you, and the same evangelist composed the deeds of the holy apostles. It is not possible for these to be more or less in number.
For the Gospel according to John narrates the generation from the Father, its leading, practical, and glorious nature; in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and all things came through him; because of this, it is compared to the likeness of an eagle But that according to Luke, being of a priestly character, began from Zacharias the priest, saying: It happened in the days of Herod, the king of the Jews, a certain priest named Zacharias of the division of Abia, since according to the tradition of the old law the priests served in turns; because of this, his appearance as calf-like is also related. But Matthew explains his generation according to man, the book...
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ἀπόστολος ἔν τινι ἐπιστολῇ γράφει· ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Λουκᾶς ὁ ἀγαπητὸς ἰατρός, καὶ τὰς πράξεις δὲ τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων ὁ αὐτὸς εὐαγγελιστὴς συνεγράψατο. Οὔτε πλείονα τῶν ἀριθμῶν, οὔτε ἐλάττονα ἐνδέχεται αὐτὰ γενέσθαι. Τὸ μὲν γὰρ κατὰ Ἰωάννην εὐαγγέλιον τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡγεμωνικὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ πρακτικὴν καὶ ἔνδοξον γενεὰν 130 διηγεῖται· ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος, πάντα δι' αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο· διὰ τοῦτο εἰς ὁμοίωμα ἀετοῦ. Τὸ δὲ κατὰ Λουκᾶν ἅτε ἀπὸ ἱερατικοῦ χαρακτῆρος ὑπάρχων ἀπὸ Ζαχαρίου ἤρξατο τοῦ ἱερέως λέγων· ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἡρώδου, τοῦ βασιλέως τῆς Ἰουδαίας, ἱερεύς τις ὀνόματι Ζαχαρίας ἐξ ἐφημερίας Ἀβία, ἐπειδὴ κατὰ τὴν παλαιὰν τοῦ νόμου παράδοσιν οἱ ἱερεῖς ταύρους ἐκόμιζον· διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τὸ εἶδος αὐτοῦ ὡς μοσχόμορφον ἀνιστορίζεται. Ματθαῖος δὲ τὴν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον αὐτοῦ γένεσιν ἐξηγεῖται, βίβλος
The Gospel of Mark and Luke§4
4Regarding the genesis of Jesus Christ, the son of Abraham, the birth of Jesus Christ was such that his gospel is likened to the anthropomorphic. Mark, however, made his beginning from the prophetic spirit descending from on high in the heavens, saying, 'The beginning of the gospel,' just as it is written in the prophets: 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness,' which is the prophetic image of the gospel; for this reason, he shows and recounts the icon of the lion in the wilderness: Holy Trinity, our God, save us by your grace. Mark the evangelist was bishop of the Alexandrians.
Luke the evangelist—these are the ones among the [?] who were scattered upon the preaching where the Lord said: 'If anyone does not eat my flesh and drink my blood, he is not worthy of me.' But the one through Peter and the one through Paul, having returned again to the Lord, are honored to evangelize for the sake of whom they also bore witness: the one having been burned, and the other having been crucified on an olive tree.
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γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ, καὶ πάλιν τοῦ δὲ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ γέννησις οὕτως ἦν, ὅθεν καὶ ἀνθρωπόμορφον αὐτοῦ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἐξεικονίζεται. Μάρκος δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ προφητικοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἐξ ὕψους ἐπιόντος ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐποιήσατο, ἀρχὴν λέγων τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν τοῖς προφήταις· φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, τὴν προφητικὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, διὰ τοῦτο δεικνὺς καὶ τὴν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τοῦ λέοντος ἀνιστορίζων εἰκόνα· ἁγία τριὰς ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν σῶσον ἡμᾶς τῇ χάριτί σου. Μάρκος ὁ εὐαγγελιστής, ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρέων. Λουκᾶς ὁ εὐαγγελιστής, οὗτοι οἱ δ' ἐκ τῶν οʹ τυγχάνουσιν διασκορπισθέντες ἐπὶ τῷ κηρύγματι ᾧ εἶπεν ὁ κύριος· ἐὰν μή τις οὐ φάγῃ μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίῃ μου τὸ αἷμα, οὐκ ἔστι 131 μου ἄξιος. Ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν διὰ Πέτρου, ὁ δὲ διὰ Παύλου πάλιν ἐπανακάμψαντες πρὸς κύριον εὐαγγελίσασθαι καταξιοῦνται ὑπὲρ οὗ καὶ ἐμαρτύρησαν, ὁ μὲν πυρποληθείς, ὁ δὲ σταυρωθεὶς ἐπὶ ἐλαίας.