Zephyrinus

Hippolytus, at the beginning of the third century, calls Zephyrinus, the bishop of Rome, an idiōtēs and agrammatos (Philos., ix. 11), and Origen often bewails the large number of ignorant Christians.

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It is confirmed likewise by Caius, a member of the Church, who arose under Zephyrinus, bishop of Rome.

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Zephyrinus - Uriel/Oriel is disputed, sometimes being used in a new-age kind of way, sometimes being taken up in reference to some ancient sources.

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Eighteen years later in 217 he succeeded Zephyrinus as pontiff, the sixteenth pope.

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Calixtus is said to have been entrusted with the government of the clergy, and set over _the cemetery_ by Zephyrinus his predecessor, before he became bishop or pope.

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In reality it is certain that Zephyrinus and Callistus condemned various

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Callistus could hardly have raised himself so high without considerable talents, and the vindictive spirit exhibited by Hippolytus and his defective theology explain why Zephyrinus placed his confidence rather in

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

He obtained great influence over the ignorant, illiterate, and grasping Zephyrinus by bribes.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Mark the Gnostic who poured white wine into his chalice and then after prayer showed the contents to be red, almost necessarily supposes a vessel of glass, and the glass patens (patenas vitreas) mentioned in the "Liber Pontificalis" under Zephyrinus (202-19) as well as certain passages in Tertullian and St. Jerome, entirely favour the same conclusion.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

It is unlikely that Zephyrinus was ignorant and base.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913