Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
the Third Week after Easter
the Third Week after Easter
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today!
Click to donate today!
Bible Dictionaries
Linus
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
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.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
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.
