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Eusebius was commonly known among the ancients as Eusebius of Caesarea or Eusebius Pamphili. The first designation arose from the fact that he was bishop of Caesarea for many years; the second from the fact that he was a close friend and admirer of Pamphilus, a proselyte of Caesarea and a martyr. At least 40 contemporaries bore the same name, among which the most famous were Eusebius of...

After the martyrdom of Paul and of Peter, Linus1 was the first to succeed to the episcopacy of the Church at Rome. Paul, when writing from Rome to Timothy, makes mention of him in the salutation at the end of the Epistle.2 Now, one letter of Peter, his so-called first Epistle, is admitted to be genuine,1 and the ancient presbyters made use of this Epistle as undisputed in their own writings. The reputed second Epistle we have ascertained to be not canonical;2 nevertheless, since
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