The Apostles and their ministries
and the apostles, with James the brother of the Lord interpreting the scriptures; he fell asleep in Hierapolis of Parthia and is buried there. 112 years. James, who is called Thaddaeus, being the brother of the Lord according to the flesh, who was first established as bishop in Jerusalem by the apostles; but when a disturbance arose from the demands of the Jews, having been thrown with stones, he fell asleep in Jerusalem and was there buried honorably near the tomb of the priests. Simon the Zealot, having traveled through all Mauritania and the land of Africa and preaching Christ, was later crucified by them in Britain and having been perfected, is buried there. 10 years. Thaddaeus, who is also Levi, his brother, who is called Judas, preached the gospel of the Lord to the Edessenes and to all Mesopotamia, and during the reign of Augarus, the king of the Edessenes, he passed away in Beirut and was there buried honorably. 113. 11. Judas, the brother of the Lord, along with his own brother James and Simeon, the brother of the Lord, having remained bishop in Jerusalem for 70 years, preached the gospel of Christ in all Judea and Samaria, and he also composed a universal epistle; he formerly had two sons, James and Zechariah, and he died in Jerusalem honorably. 11. Simon, who is called Judas, who also became bishop after the death of James in Jerusalem, was fastened to a cross during the reign of King Trajan and was perfected in Ostrakine of Egypt, having lived 80 years. 11. Simon the Canaanite, the son of Clopas, who also, after James the Just, became bishop in Jerusalem, and having lived 60 years, was delivered to the cross and bore witness under King Trajan. 12. Matthias, being one of the seventy disciples whom our Lord raised up after His resurrection from the dead, who was also chosen as a companion with the eleven apostles instead of Judas Iscariot, preached the gospel of our Lord in outer Ethiopia and there was martyred by the Ethiopians at the port of Yissu. 114. Paul the apostle, after the ascension of the Lord into the heavens, began to preach the gospel of the Lord, starting from Jerusalem and proceeding...
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ἀποστόλοις καὶ ἑρμηνεύων αὐτὸ Ἰάκωβος ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ κυρίου, ἐκοιμήθη δὲ ἐν Ἱεραπόλει τῆς Παρθίας καὶ θάπτεται ἐκεῖ. 112 θʹ. Ἰάκωβος ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Θαδδαῖος, ἀδελφὸς τοῦ κυρίου γενόμενος τὸ κατὰ σάρκα, ὃς καὶ πρῶτος ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις κατεστάθη ἐπίσκοπος ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων· προφάσεως δὲ γενομένης ζητημάτων τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις λίθοις ὑπ' αὐτῶν βληθεὶς ἐκοιμήθη ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐτάφη πλησίον τοῦ τάφου τῶν ἱερέων ἐνδόξως. Σίμων ὁ ζηλωτὴς πᾶσαν τὴν Μαυριτανίαν καὶ τὴν τῶν Ἀφρῶν χώραν διελθὼν καὶ κηρύξας τὸν Χριστόν, ὕστερον δὲ ἐν Βρεττανίᾳ ὑπ' αὐτῶν σταυρωθεὶς καὶ τελειωθεὶς θάπτεται ἐκεῖ. ιʹ. Θαδδαῖος δὲ ὁ καὶ Λεββαῖος, ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ, ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου Ἐδεσσηνοῖς καὶ πάσῃ τῇ Μεσοποταμείᾳ ἐκήρυξε τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ἐπὶ Αὐγάρου τοῦ βασιλέως Ἐδεσσηνῶν, ἐτελεύτησε δὲ ἐν Βηρυτῷ καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐτάφη ἐνδόξως. 113 ιαʹ. Ἰούδας ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ κυρίου μετὰ Ἰάκωβον τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἀδελφὸν καὶ Συμεὼν ἐξάδελφον τοῦ κυρίου, λιπὼν δὲ αὐτὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἔτη ζʹ, ἐκήρυξε δὲ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ Σαμαρείᾳ, ἐποίησε δὲ καὶ καθολικὴν ἐπιστολήν, καὶ πρώην ἔσχε δύο υἱοὺς Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ζωκήρ, ἀπέθανε δὲ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐνδόξως. ιαʹ. Σίμων ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Ἰούδας, ὁ καὶ ἐπίσκοπος γενόμενος μετὰ τελευτὴν Ἰακώβου ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐπὶ Τραιανοῦ τοῦ βασιλέως σταυρῷ προσδεθεὶς ἐτελειώθη ἐν Ὀστρακίνῃ τῆς Αἰγύπτου ζήσας ἔτη ρκʹ. ιαʹ. Σίμων ὁ Καναναῖος ὁ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ, ὁ καὶ Ἰούδας μετὰ Ἰάκωβον τὸν δίκαιον ἐπίσκοπος γέγονεν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις καὶ ζήσας ρκʹ ἔτη σταυρῷ παραδοθεὶς ἐμαρτύρησεν ἐπὶ Τραιανοῦ βασιλέως. ιβʹ. Ματθίας δὲ εἷς ὢν τῶν οʹ μαθητῶν ὃν ἀνέδειξεν 114 ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν μετὰ τὴν ἀνάδειξιν τὴν ἐκ νεκρῶν, ὃς καὶ συγκατεριτμήθη μετὰ τῶν ἕνδεκα ἀποστόλων ἀντὶ Ἰούδα τοῦ Ἰσκαριότου, ἐκήρυξε τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ ἔξω Αἰθιοπίᾳ καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐμαρτύρησεν ὑπὸ τῶν Αἰθιόπων ἐπὶ Ὕσσου λιμένα. ιγʹ. Παῦλος δὲ ὁ ἀπόστολος μετὰ τὴν εἰς οὐρανοὺς τοῦ κυρίου ἀνάληψιν ἤρξατο κηρύσσειν τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ κυρίου ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων προῆλθεν
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Discover the journeys and martyrdoms of the apostles as recorded by Epiphanius of Salamis.
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- Copy-text PG 41–43 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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