Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia

While the divine Theodotus was ruling the church of Antioch, Theodore, bishop of Mopsuestia, ended this life. He was a teacher of the whole church and a successful fighter against every battle line of heresy. He had enjoyed the teaching of the great Diodorus, and he was the friend and fellow worker of the holy John, for the two of them drank together from the spiritual streams Diodorus gave. He spent thirty-six years in his bishopric, fighting against the forces of Arius and Eunomius, struggling against the pirate band of Apollinarius, and finding the best pasture for God’s sheep. His brother Polychronius was the excellent bishop of Apamea, a man gifted with great eloquence and of illustrious character. [a]

I will now bring my history to an end, and I ask those who come across it to repay my labor with their prayers. The account now covers a period of a hundred and five years, beginning from the Arian madness and ending with the death of the admirable Theodore and Theodotus. I will give a list of the bishops of the great cities after the persecution. [d]

List of the bishops of the great cities. [e]

Rome: Miltiades, also called Melchiades, 311 to 314. Silvester, 314 to 335. Julius, 337 to 352. [f] Liberius, 352 to 366. Damasus, 366 to 384. Siricius, 384 to 398. Anastasius, 398 to 401. Innocent, 402 to 417. Boniface, 418 to 422. [g] Zosimus, 417 to 418. Celestine, 422 to 432.

Antioch: Vitalis, orthodox, 312 to 318. Philogonius, orthodox, 318 to 323. Eustathius, orthodox, 325 to 328. [h] Eulalius, Arian, 328 to 330. [i] Euphronius, Arian, 330 to 332. [j] Placitus, Arian, 332 to 342. Stephen, Arian, 342 to 348. Leontius, Arian, 348 to 357. Eudoxius, Arian, 357 to 359. Meletius, orthodox, from 360 until his death in 381. Flavian, orthodox, 381 to 404. Porphyrius, orthodox, 404 to 413. Alexander, orthodox, 413 to 419. Theodotus, orthodox, 419 to 429. Paulinus the Third, of the Eustathians, 362 to 388. Evagrius, of the Eustathians, from 388.

Alexandria: Peter, 301 to 312. Achillas, 312 to 313. Alexander, 313 to 326. Athanasius, 326 to 341. Gregory, Arian, 341 to 347. Athanasius, 347 to 356. George, heretic, 356 to 362. Athanasius, 363 to 373. Peter, disciple of Athanasius, in 373. Lucius, Arian, 373 to 377. Peter, 377 to 378. Timothy, 378 to 385. Theophilus, 385 to 412. Cyril, 412 to 444.

Jerusalem: Macarius, 324 to 336. Maximus, 336 to 350. Cyril, 350 to 388. John, 388 to 416. Praylius, 416 to 425. Juvenal, 425 to 458.

Constantinople: Alexander, 326 to 340. Eusebius of Nicomedia, Arian, 340 to 342. Paul the Confessor, in 342. Macedonius, the enemy of the Holy Spirit, 342 to 360. The impious Eudoxius, 360 to 370. Demophilus of Beroea in Thrace, heretic, from 370. Gregory of Nazianzus, 380 to 381. [k] Nectarius, 381 to 398. John Chrysostom, 398 to 404. Arsacius, 404 to 406. Atticus, 406 to 426. Sisinnius, 426 to 428.