# Discordance Of Papistic Writers. 1. Whether Peter Was At Rome. 2. How Long He Was Bishop There. 3. Who Followed Him.

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Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: DISCORDANCE OF PAPISTIC WRITERS. 1. WHETHER PETER WAS AT ROME. 2. HOW LONG HE WAS BISHOP THERE. 3. WHO FOLLOWED HIM.



The common tenet of the papists is, that Peter
sat as the chief bishop upon the Roman throne; yet
the authors whom they adduce for this purpose
greatly differ. For, as respects his arrival in that
city, some fix it in the year 41 after Christ; others in
the beginning of the reign of the Emperor Claudius;
others in the second year of this same Claudius;
others in the fourth year; others in the beginning of
the reign of Nero; others in the fourteenth year after
Paul’s conversion, etc., as is noted in Ireneus, Orosius,
Damasus, Hornantius, Th. Aquinus, The Lives
of the Saints, etc.

Concerning the length of time he was bishop,
there is not less disagreement; as also in regard to
how long he was absent from his bishopric sojourning
in other places. Cortesius writes of eighteen
years, Onuphrius of seven years; but the general
opinion among them is, that he sat twenty-five years
upon the chair governing their church; although
some flatly oppose it. See the last mentioned three
authors.

Touching the person who succeeded him in his
bishopric, there is much confusion and uncertainty
in what is said concerning this subject. Some write,
that Clemens succeeded Peter; as Septimus Florens
Tert.; others, that Linus followed him; as Ireneus,
Eusebius, Epiphan., etc., De Praes 32. 1. Contr.
Jov.; others, that Linus discharged Peter’s office
two years before the death of the latter; as Damasus,
etc.; others, that Peter ordered that Clemens
should succeed after the death of Linus; In Pontific.
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Petr. etc., Clem. in Epist. ad Jacobum, etc.; others,
that the chair of Peter was vacant while Linus and
Cletus lived, Clemens, who was ordained by Peter
as his successor, not being willing, as they say, to
occupy the chair in their lifetime; which is testified
to by Bellarminus; others that Linus occupied the
chair eleven years after Peter’s death; see Eusebius;
others, that Linus died before Peter, and, consequently
was not his successor in the bishopric; see
Turrianus, Sophronius, etc.; others, that Anacletus
succeeded Peter, and Clemens, Anacletus. See
Homil. de Agon. Pet. and Paul. In Chron. in
Anno Clem.; others, finally, that Peter and Linus
were bishops simultaneously in the city of Rome;
yet so, that Peter was the superior, and Linus, the
inferior bishop. See Ruffinus, Sabellicus, Turrianus,
In vita Petri.





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