For that Timothy had been sometime dthe [Greek or Hebrew] (which is the appellation which Justin Martyr giveth unto him, whom other of the Fathers do peculiarly term a Bishop) or Antistes, or President of the Ephesine Presbytery, is confessed by Beza himself: and that he was ordained the first Bishop of the Church of the Ephesians, we do not only read in the subscription of the second Epistle to Timothy, and the Ecclesiastical History of eEusebius, but also in two ancient Treatises concerning the Martyrdom of Timothy; the one nameless in the Library of ⟨p. 6⟩fPhotius, the other bearing the name of gPolycrates, even of that Polycrates, who was not only himself Bishop of this Church of Ephesus, but borne also within six or seven and thirty years after S. John wrote the forenamed Epistle unto the Angel of that Church: as it appeareth by the years he was of, when he wrote that Epistle unto Victor Bishop of Rome, wherein he maketh mention of hseven kinsmen of his who had been Bishops; he himself being the eight.
For that Timothie had been sometime dthe 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 (which is the appellation which Iustin Martyr giveth unto him, whom other of the Fathers do peculiarly tearme a Bishop) or Antistes, or President of the Ephesine Presbytery, is confessed by Beza himselfe: and that he was ordained the first Bishop of the Church of the Ephesians, we doe not onely read in the subscription of the second Epistle to Timothie, and the Ecclesiasticall History of eEusebius, but also in two ancient Treatises concerning the Martyrdome of Timothie; the one namelesse in the Library of ⟨p. 6⟩fPhotius, the other bearing the name of gPolycrates, even of that Polycrates, who was not onely himselfe Bishop of this Church of Ephesus, but borne also within six or seven and thirty yeares after S. Iohn wrote the forenamed Epistle unto the Angell of that Church: as it appeareth by the yeares he was of, when he wrote that Epistle unto Victor Bishop of Rome, wherein he maketh mention of hseven kinsmen of his who had beene Bishops; he himselfe being the eight.
- dN•tandum est ex […], Timotheum in Ephesino Presbyterio[…] [Greek or Hebrew] (id est, antis•••em) ut vocat Justinus. Pez. Annotat. in 1. Tim. 5.19. Qui politicae causa reliquis fratribus in coetu praeerat (qu•m Justinus [Greek or Hebrew] vocat) peculiariter dici Episcopus coepit. Id. in Philip. 1.1.N•tandum est ex 〈…〉, Timotheum in Ephesino Presbyterio〈…〉 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 (id est, antis•••em) ut vocat Justinus. Pez. Annotat. in 1. Tim. 5.19. Qui politicae causa reliquis fratribus in coetu praeerat (qu•m Iustinus 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 vocat) peculiariter dici Episcopus coepit. Id. in Philip. 1.1.
- eEuseb. Hist. Lib 3. [Greek or Hebrew].Euseb. Hist. Lib 3. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- f[Greek or Hebrew]. & post. [Greek or Hebrew]. Phot. B•bliothec. num. 254.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. & post. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Phot. B•bliothec. num. 254.
- gPolycrat. de Martyrio Timothei: inter Vitas Sanctorum▪ edit. Lovanij anno 1485▪
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