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126 Timothy, the bishop of Ephesus appointed by the blessed Paul, was from the Gentiles, not from the circumcision, to whom Paul also bears much witness, admonishing him to guard the good confession of the gift given to him, who also gloriously bore witness there. 127 Titus, bishop of Crete, preached the gospel of the Lord to the Cretans themselves and to the surrounding islands, and having died there was buried. Crescens preached the gospel of the Lord in Gaul and is buried there. The eunuch of Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, preached the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in Arabia Felix and on the island of Taprobane and in the whole red region, and the story goes that he also gloriously bore witness and was buried there; and his resting place is an unconquerable weapon for the faithful against wicked barbarians, a refuge driving away diseases and working cures even to this day. From the seventy apostles of the Savior have come, as Clement relates in the fifth of the Hypotyposeis, Barnabas, 128 Sosthenes, Cephas, a namesake of Peter, Matthias who was numbered with the eleven, Eubulus, Pudens, Crispus, in the second, Barsabbas and Linus, whom Paul mentions writing to Timothy, Thaddeus, Cleopas and those with him.

These are the names of the appointed deacons. 1. Stephen the protomartyr. 2. Philip. 3. Prochorus. 4. Nicanor. 5. Timon. 6. Parmenas. 7. and Nicolas. And of the seventy, the foremost are these: Paul, Mark, Luke, Titus, the eunuch of Candace, John the Baptist.

It is necessary to know how the four gospels were written. That after the ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ 129 that according to Matthew was after 8 years, that according to Mark after 12 years, that according to John after 30 years in the time of Domitian the emperor, that according to Luke after 15 years. The gospel according to Matthew, having been written by him in the Hebrew dialect, was published in Jerusalem, and was interpreted by John. That according to Mark was dictated by Peter in Rome. That according to Luke was dictated by Paul in Rome. That according to John in the times of Trajan was dictated by John himself in the time of Commodus, it was written on the island of Patmos. And that according to Luke by Luke, being a disciple of the apostle Paul, whom the same apostle mentions in a certain epistle, writing: Luke, the beloved physician, greets you, and the same evangelist also wrote the Acts of the Holy Apostles. It is not possible for them to be either more or fewer in number. For the gospel according to John recounts His sovereign and active and glorious generation from the Father 130: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, all things were made through him; for this reason in the likeness of an eagle. But that according to Luke, since it has a priestly character, began from Zacharias the priest, saying: There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah, since according to the old tradition of the law the priests offered bulls; for this reason also its form is depicted as a calf. And Matthew explains his generation according to man, The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of Abraham, and again Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise, whence also his gospel is represented in human form. But Mark made his beginning from the prophetic spirit coming from on high in the heavens, saying, The beginning of the gospel, as it is written in the prophets: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, for this reason showing the prophetic image of the gospel.

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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 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 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 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