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Histoire ecclésiastique
CHAPITRE X : LES ÉVÊQUES DE JÉRUSALEM
[1] Narcisse était donc parti et on ne savait en aucune manière où il se trouvait, Il parut bon aux chefs des églises 183 voisines d'imposer les mains à un autre evêque: celui-ci s'appelait Dios, il siégea peu de temps et Germanion lui succéda, et après Germanion vint Gordios. Sous celui-ci, Narcisse reparut comme par suite d'une résurrection et fut de nouveau appelé par les frères au premier rang ; tous l'admiraient plus grandement encore, à cause de sa retraite, de sa vie philosophique et pardessus tout en raison de la vengeance que Dieu avait jugé bon de tirer.1
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Dîos, Germanion et Gordios ne sont connus que par ce qui en est dit ici. Syncelle nomme Dîos, Germanion et Sardianus (au lieu de Gordios). Syncelle et Epiphane donnent à ces évêques des dates, sans qu'on puisse savoir sur quoi repose leur chronologie. ↩
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The Church History of Eusebius
Chapter X.--The Bishops of Jerusalem.
Narcissus having departed, and no one knowing where he was, those presiding over the neighboring churches thought it best to ordain another bishop. His name was Dius. 1 He presided but a short time, and Germanio succeeded him. He was followed by Gordius, 2 in whose time Narcissus appeared again, as if raised from the dead. 3 And immediately the brethren besought him to take the episcopate, as all admired him the more on account of his retirement and philosophy, and especially because of the punishment with which God had avenged him.
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Of these three bishops, Dius, Germanio, and Gordius, we know nothing more than is told us here. Syncellus assigns eight years to Dius, four to Germanio, and five to Sardianus, whom he names instead of Gordius. Epiphanius reports that Dius was bishop until Severus (193 a.d.), and Gordius until Antonine (i.e. Caracalla, 211 a.d.). But no reliance is to be placed upon these figures or dates, as remarked above, Bk. V. chap. 12, note 2. ↩
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Eusebius and Epiphanius give Tordios, and Jerome, Gordius; but the Armenian has Gordianus, and Syncellus, Sardianos. What became of Gordius when Narcissus reappeared we do not know. He must have died very speedily, or some compromise would have been made, as it seems, which would have rendered the appointment of Alexander as assistant bishop unnecessary. ↩
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Literally, "as if from a resurrection" (hosper ex anabioseos). ↩