Friday, March 27, 2015

Firmilian of Cappadocia (Full Script)

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Firmilian of Cappadocia
Post-Apostolic Church

INTRO
Firmilian was an overseer in Caesarea Mazaca around AD 235 in the region of Cappadocia in Asia Minor.  Today, Caesarea Mazaca is Kayseri, Turkey.

Firmilian was a student of Origen.  He was friends with Cyprian and Dionysius of Alexandria.

WORKS
All of the information we have about Firmilian comes from the letters he wrote to and received from Cyprian and Dionysius of Alexandria.

One of Firmilian's and Cyprian's more notable discussions regarded Stephen, the bishop of Rome.  Both of them rebuked Stephen for believing he was superior to all other bishops because he was a successor of the apostle Peter.  Firmilian's and Cyprian's letters show that all the bishops in the Universal Church were designed to have equal authority under Jesus Christ.

QUOTATIONS
Pamphilus of Caesarea Maritima, who may have been a student of Firmillian, wrote about him,

...For instance, [there is] Dionysius, the bishop of Alexandria, and Firmilian of Cappadocia, those men of blessed name.  (Pamphilus of Caesarea Maritma.  AD 309.  ANF, 6.169.)
 

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