SPEAR Factoids about Ordination

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event: Severus wrote a letter to Solon concerning his ordination, piety, and relationship to unorthodox bishops. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to John. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to Nicias discussing the impiety of ordination by Nestorian bishops. See factoid page

event: Sometime between 519-520 Severus of Antioch sent a letter to John and John on the subjects of whether or not non-Chalcedonian exiles in Egypt should take communion; and the question of what to do about Epimachus , a devout man ordained to the clergy but who had entered into a second marriage; and questions about the ordination of deacons and deaconesses in monasteries. See factoid page

event: Sometime between 519-520 Severus of Antioch sent a letter to Anonymi 3753 about the attempts of Gregory and Isaiah to falsely claim episcopal status. He refuted their claims with references to scripture, canon law, and the lifestyles of these men. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to Peter hoping to correct the bishop's views of ordinations that occur at the hands of those outside a particular diocese. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to Eleusinius on the subject of the ordination and theology of John of Cappadocia. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to the Fathers on the subject of baptism and ordination. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to Stephen promoting the ordination of the kinsman of Marinus and discussing the monk John. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to Sergius and Marion on the subject of converts form Chalcedonianism doing penance but not being re-baptized or re-anointed and the subject of needing more ordained clergy. See factoid page

event: Jacob Baradaeus, Conon and Eugene traveled to Constantinople where Theodosius directed them to travel to Alexandria so that Conon and Eugene could be ordained bishops. See factoid page

event: Severus urged Timostratus to take the issue of ordination seriously because many in Antioch and the royal city were seeking ordination. See factoid page

event: Under persecution, suffering Christians would go to Constantinople, but nowhere, not even in Thrace, could they find anyone willing to ordain priests. See factoid page

event: Basil wrote a letter to Severus about uncanonical ordinations. See factoid page

event: Jacob Baradaeus and other bishops in Alexandria, with the blessing of Theodosius ordained Conon as bishop of Tarsus and Eugene as bishop of Seleucia. See factoid page

event: Addai and Abraham ordained archimandrites for each of their monasteries. See factoid page

event: Demons caused Anonymous 3761 to appear as an angel of light and placed her on the bishop's throne and identified her as Virgin Mary. James and the monks ascent to ordination as priests by Anonymous 3761. See factoid page

event: After 10 years of persecution because of the council of Chalcedon, bishops were afraid to ordain more priests and encourage more persecution. See factoid page

event: After five years on Chios, Kashish was ordainedas bishop of Chios by Jacob Bardaeus and two other bishops (Conon and Eugene). See factoid page

event: Convicted,John resolved to perform ordinations, journeying into the city under the pretext of illnesses and seeing physicians. His cause was made known to the queen. See factoid page

event: In 516 or 517, Severus wrote a letter to Solon the bishop of Seleucia in Isauria about the controversy between Musonius and Paul. See factoid page

event: Dionysius forced Basil to perform an unlawful ordination. The following factoids deal with related events: 3063-12, 3064-14. The following factoids deal with related events: 3063-12, 3064-14. See factoid page

event: Jacob Baradaeus and other bishops in Alexandria, with the blessing of Theodosius ordained Eugene as bishop of Seleucia. See factoid page

event: Between 513 and 518, Severus wrote a letter to Entrechius about the appointment of Anonymous 3064 in Rhosus. See factoid page

event: John, unafraid of persecution, challenged the bishops and volunteered to perform ordinations. See factoid page

event: Because Musonius had fled from Meloe, and Paul had left Olba, Severus advised Solon to appoint new bishops, or at the very least to petition the emperor to assemble a council of bishops in Isauria. See factoid page

event: Clergy and residents of Rhosus petitioned Severus to allow Anonymous 3064 to be instituted as their bishop. See factoid page

event: Cyrus falsely claimed to be a priest and performed invalid ordinations. See factoid page

event: John began examaning candidates for ordination from all over the empire. Potental priests came from Armenia, Arzun, Cappadocia. See factoid page

event: Jelous of the zealous activity of John, bishops and priests began to petition Theodosius to censure. The archbishop refused. See factoid page

event: Jacob Baradaeus, Eugene, and Conon ordained Dimet as bishop of Laodicea. See factoid page

event: Severus urged the clergy and residents of Rhosus to include three other eligible and viruous men in their petition. See factoid page

event: James travels to the frontier of Persia, Constantinople and Alexandria ordaining clergy. See factoid page

event: the Fathers wrote a letter to Severus about Marinus having trouble with the clergy in Beirut. See factoid page

event: Imperial supporters of the Council of Chalcedon began to threaten John because of the ordinations he was performing. See factoid page

event: Chalcedonians attempted to make Harfat the bishop of Arsamosata but he refused. See factoid page

event: When Dionysius attempted to force Basil to perform an unlawful ordination, Severus urged Theotecnus and John to oppose this. The following factoids deal with related events: 3063-12, 3064-14. The following factoids deal with related events: 3063-12, 3064-14. See factoid page

event: In 529 840 , John ordained seventy men from the convents of Amida. See factoid page

event: John confronted Theodora about the corrupt bishops and the persecution of Christians. Theodora, angry, sought to punish the jealous bishops, but relented after John interceded on their behalf. She commanded John to cease his ordinations, something he was glad to do due to a growing illness. See factoid page

event: Anonymi 3764, though a layman, used his wealth to become bishop of Arsamosata. See factoid page

event: Sometime around 519-520 Gregory attempted to claim he had been legitimately ordained a bishop and claim episcopal authority in Antioch. He attempted to claim he held authority based on his ordination in Diocaesarea. See factoid page

event: Between 513 and 518, Severus wrote a letter to the devout monks of the blessed Lord Isaac about a legal dispute they were involved in, and a candidate for bishop among the brothers. See factoid page

event: John continued to ordain believers, travelling to Lydia in Asia , Tarsus in Cilicia , and all of Syria before returning to Anthemiu in Constantinople . See factoid page

event: Sometime around 519-520 Isaiah attempted to claim he had been legitimately ordained a bishop and claim episcopal authority in Emesa. See factoid page

event: Jacob Baradaeus, Eugene, and Conon ordained John as bishop of Seleucia. See factoid page

event: Between 513 and 518, Severus wrote a letter to Misael defending his ordination practices. See factoid page

event: Timothy of Alexandria urged accepting Diophysites ordained by Proterius without re-ordination, re-baptism, or re-anointing. See factoid page

event: John prophesied that Christians would not be able to find ordaining bishops throughout the empire.After 529, John observed that potential priests could go to Alexandria,Constantinople without gaining ordination. See factoid page

event: Sometime around 519-520 Isaiah produced false canons in an attempt to claim that his ordination by one bishop was lawful. See factoid page

event: Though Severus had initiallly held to a strict interpretation of the Church's ordination practices, the poverty and necessity of the Church forced him to change his practices. See factoid page

event: Simeon called all of the children to him, divided them into two groups: the first was shut away in a room and the children in the second group, consisting of eighteen boys and twelve girls, were initiated into the clerical state by being tonsured. See factoid page

event: The inhabitants of Anasartha proposed episcopal candidates to Severus. See factoid page

event: Ephraim appealed to the king and queen, revealing that John was causing division by ordaining priests around the empire.Theodora, convinced that John had been laying sick in the palace, dismissed the charges. See factoid page

event: Severus complained to Misael about officials like Eleutherius who were annoyed by his ordination practices. See factoid page

event: Severus desired to ordain Stephen as bishop over the Anasarthians. See factoid page

event: John wrote a letter to Severus denouncing Timothy. See factoid page

event: John was captured and brought to Antioch, where he was tortured and killed by Ephraim of Amida . See factoid page

event: Jacob Baradaeus, Eugene, and Conon ordained John as bishop. See factoid page

event: Severus asked Misael to defend him and his practices before those like Eleutherius who were causing distress. See factoid page

event: Severus commanded the brothers to compel Stephen to accept the position of bishop over the Anasarthians. See factoid page

event: Between 513 and 518, Severus wrote a letter to Stephen, bishop of Tripoli about a presbyter Stephen who came to Tripoli without a dismissory letter from his original diocese. See factoid page

event: Non-Chalcedonians in the East accept converts from Chalcedonianism without re-baptism, or re-anointing, re-ordination. See factoid page

event: While John was ordaining priests in the Church at Tralles , John of Ephesus administered the eucharist during the ordination service. John also accompanied John to an ordination service in Mar John in Ephesus. See factoid page

event: Stephen had been ordained by force. See factoid page

event: Sometime during his episcopacy Severus of Antioch wrote a letter to the clergy of Antaradus regarding a difficult set of circumstance surrounding their efforts to have a bishop ordained for their city and the case of Leontius, a deacon who had been disciplined because of his sin but was unrepentant and indeed sought to become head deacon. See factoid page

event: Jacob Baradaeus, Eugene, and Conon ordained Sergius as bishop of Harran. See factoid page

event: 5 years after arriving in Smyrna, Peter was elevated as bishop of Smyrna. See factoid page

event: Appealing to Cyril's letter to Nestorius and the example of Severus the presbyter, Severus urged Stephen to accept the ordination of Stephen because heretics cannot be expected to follow canon-law. See factoid page

event: The parents at first opposed then accepted the tonsuring of their children. See factoid page

event: Jacob Baradaeus, Eugene, and Conon ordained John as bishop of Sura Romanorum. See factoid page

event: Between 514 and 518, Severus sent a letter to Antoninus the bishop of Berrhoea about corrupt bishops and the legitimacy of some ordinations. See factoid page

event: Jacob Baradaeus, Eugene, and Conon traveled to Constantinople where they ordained Sergius as bishop of Antioch. See factoid page

event: Meletius was ordained by Arians but later demonstrated his orthodoxy. See factoid page

event: Severus encouraged Solon to live a holy and virtuous life, modelling the piety of Jesus andthe martyrs, especially Thecla, so that the legitimacy of his ordination by a bishop outside of the diocese might be confirmed. See factoid page

event: Severus had corresponded with the Master of Offices in Constantinople through Leontius about the illegitimacy of corrupt bishops. See factoid page

event: To defend his belief in the ordination of priests by those outside of a particular diocese, Severus appeals to the examples of Basil during the controversy surrounding Arius, and Gregory the Theologian. See factoid page

event: Severus had not yet received a letter concerning a contentious ordination in Chalcis, a matter of concern for Antoninus. See factoid page

event: Flavian, who was challengeing the ordination of Solon, had previously ordained a priest in Germanicupolis . See factoid page

event: Severus had appointed Cosmas bishop of Apamea before his death. See factoid page

event: Severus told Antoninus that he was deliberating on the legitimacy of some people ordained by the bishop. See factoid page

event: Jacob Baradaeus and others ordained Paul as bishop of Antioch. See factoid page

event: In the city of Constantinople Jacob Baradaeus and others ordained Eunomius as bishop of Amida. See factoid page

event: Cosmas resigned from his bishopric on account of blasphemy and sickness. See factoid page

event: After Cosmas resigned, the God-loving bishop Peter was instated by Severus. See factoid page

event: Sergius was ordained in Constantinople and passed the three years that he was patriarch of Antioch in exile in Constantinople. See factoid page

event: Although Theodosius would not ordain clergy after leaving his see for exile in Constantinople, he nevertheless gave his blessing for Jacob Baradaeus and other clergy in Constantinople to ordain twelve bishops and many clergy for cities in Egypt and in Thebais. See factoid page

event: Procopius had attempted to profit off his ordinations, and had ordained Lampetius, a known follower of the heresy of Adelphius which had been condemned by the synod at Commanus in Armenia. See factoid page

event: While traveling in Asia Jacob Baradaeus, Eugene, and Conon ordained John as bishop of Ephesus. See factoid page

event: Paul succeeded Sergius as the non-Chalcedonian patriarch of Antioch and spent his patriarchate in exile. See factoid page

event: Severus of Antioch sent a letter to Anonymi 3722 on the subject of his ordination, the legitimacy of his administration of the sacraments, and the issue of re-ordination. See factoid page

event: Peter sent a letter to Severus accusing him with performing invalid ordinations. See factoid page

event: Marinus wrote a letter to Severus asking him to promote his kinsman as a clergyman in Apamea. See factoid page

event: While traveling in Asia Jacob Baradaeus, Eugene, and Conon ordained Peter as bishop of Smyrna. See factoid page

event: Sometime between 519 and 525 Severus of Antioch anwered a letter he received from Photius and Andrew on the subject of receiving clergy from Nestorian and Diphysite groups who renounce their heresy and make a right confession and on whether or not catechumens, the demon possed, and penitents should be present for the Lord's Supper. Severus of Antioch states that after a period of repentance they should be received into the same rank without re-baptism or re-ordination. See factoid page

event: Sometime in the early 520s Severus of Antioch sent a letter to John and John on the subjects of Christian slaves sold by Jewish owners, fellowship with clergy who accept non-Chalcedonian theology but remain in communion with Chalcedonians, and the persecution of non-Chalcedonians. See factoid page

event: While traveling in Asia Jacob Baradaeus, Eugene, and Conon ordained John as bishop of Pergamum. See factoid page

event: While traveling in Asia Jacob Baradaeus, Eugene, and Conon ordained Peter as bishop of Tralles. See factoid page

event: Peter sent a letter to Thomas accusing Severus of performing invalid ordinations. See factoid page

event: John of Cappadocia became bishop of Constantinople. See factoid page

event: Severus received a letter from the monastery of ʿAkiba seeking his support in the matter of John, a monk of that monastery who was absent without permission. They feared that he would be ordained without their consent. See factoid page

event: Jacob Baradaeus, Eugene, and Conon traveled to Caria where they ordained Paul as bishop of Aphrodisias. See factoid page

event: Jacob Baradaeus, Eugene, and Conon traveled to Caria where they ordained Julian as bishop of Alabanda. See factoid page

event: When Mare was thirty, he went against his family's wish for him to marry by committing himself to the Lord. See factoid page

event: Sometime before 520 Isidore re-ordained deacons whom Severus had already ordained. Severus did not object to this because this ordination took place far outside of his jurisdiction. See factoid page

event: In 542/43 This regularized date was calculated by the SPEAR editor from a non-calendrical dating system such as regnal years, etc. During the sixteenth year of the reign of Justinian , at the request of Hereth Bar Gabala, Theodora ordered the ordination of non-Chalcedonian bishops: Jacob Baradaeus as bishop of Edessa and Theodore of Hirtha as bishop of Hirtha of the Saracens. This regularized date was calculated by the SPEAR editor from a non-calendrical dating system such as regnal years, etc. See factoid page

event: Severus was aware of many letters written by Peter to himself and to the presbyter Thomas, wherein Peter accused Severus and others of breaking canon-law and tradition by allowing for ordinations outside of the diocese. See factoid page

event: Severus defended his ordination practices by pointing out that many other godly bishops approved, including Julian, who allowed Severus to ordain the deacon Irenaeus, and Dionysius, who allowed Severus to ordain the deacon Anatolius. See factoid page

event: Contrary to the opinion of Peter, Severus had not ordained Leontius out of need, but in order to honour the man. See factoid page

event: Severus encouraged Peter to ordain the scholastics John son of Matronian and Sergius. See factoid page

event: Severus intended to ordain the scholastics Peter and Maximin. See factoid page

event: Theodosius appointed John as bishop of Hephaestu. See factoid page

event: Julian, lacking needed clergy, sought the ordination of priests and deacons by Sergius and Marion. See factoid page

event: Between 508 and 511, Severus wrote a letter to Constantine the bishop about the ordination of bishops and clergy in the wake of the Council of Chalcedon. See factoid page

event: When Paul criticized Hilarian for ordaining priests outside his jurisdiction, Severus had initially prohibited those priests from ministering until an investigation could take place; with Paul's absence, Severus now believed that those men should be reinstated. See factoid page

event: Between 513 to 518, Severus wrote a letter to Timostratus the Duke about the importance of ordination. See factoid page

event: John asked Severus if Epiphanius had performed his ordinations correctly. See factoid page

event: Simeon was ordained Bishop of Beth Arsham See factoid page

event: After Timothy had died and the orthodox began enduring persecution again, Epiphanius withdrew to Palestine where he met with Peter of Iberia and began ordaining priests. See factoid page

event: Severus argued that by ordaining priests in a diocese that was not his own, Epiphanius was not violating the sacred canons, which only outlaws such behavior in the cases of bishops forcing themselves on other dioceses, citing the examples of Eusebius of Samosata during the controversy of Arius, Theodoret, Basil, and Gregory the Theologian. See factoid page

event: Some from Minidus and Uaris obtained ordination at the hands of Nestorian bishops. See factoid page

event: Jacob Baradaeus Conon, and Eugene ordained non-Chalcedonian priests and bishops throughout the areas under his authority: Syria, Armenia, Cappadocia, Cilicia, Isauria, Pamphylia, Lycaonia, Lycia, Phrygia, Caria, Asia, Cyprus, Rhodes, Chios, Mitylene, and Constantinople. See factoid page

event: Severus refused to recognize ordinations by Theodotus and Gregory but he did accept the baptisms they performed. See factoid page

event: Timostratus had previously written to Severus about ordination, upsetting the bishop. See factoid page

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