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Linus
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2 Timothy 4:21 put third, "Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus"; therefore not yet bishop, but a Christian then at, Rome; afterward its bishop (Irenaeus, iii. 3, section 3; Eusebius, H. E. iii. 2). Irenaeus implies that Linus was made bishop by Paul and Peter before Peter's death; but the Scripture evidence is against Peter's having been at Rome at all, and certainly before Paul's death. Pearson fixes on A.D. 55-67 as the period of Linus' episcopate. Tertullian (Praescr. Haer. 32) asserts that Clement (third bishop) also was consecrated by Peter. The statements of the fathers are mutually conflicting and unsatisfactory.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Linus'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/l/linus.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Linus'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/l/linus.html. 1949.
