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'''Peter of Jerusalem''' was the Patriarch of Jerusalem from 524 to 552. He held to the Orthodox belief.
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'''Peter of Jerusalem''' was the Patriarch of Jerusalem from 524 to 544. He held to the Orthodox belief.
  
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Patriarch Peter, as [[John III of Jerusalem|John III]]'s successor and following in his Orthodox position, convened a [[synod]] in September 536 in which he proclaimed his orthodoxy and adherence to the [[Fifth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon]]. He agreed in the [[deposition]] of Anthimus I, the [[Monophysitism|Monophysite]] patriarch of Constantinople who was deposed that year.
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Patriarch Peter, as [[John III of Jerusalem|John III]]'s successor and following in his Orthodox position, convened in September 536 a [[synod]] in Jerusalem in which he proclaimed his orthodoxy and adherence to the [[Fifth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon]]. He agreed in the [[deposition]] of Anthimus I, the [[Monophysitism|Monophysite]] patriarch of Constantinople who was deposed that year.
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In 544, emperor [[Justinian]] issued an edict condemning Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret of Cyr, and Ive of Edessa, who supposedly were Nestorians, but who were never excommunicated and who had died in the fifth century. Peter signed the edict but included a proviso that if it would not be signed by the Pope of Rome, his signature would be invalid. Eventually, the emperor forced the Pope sign the edict. 
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Patr. Peter died in 544.
  
 
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==Sources==
 
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08355a.htm  Catholic Encyclopedia: Jerusalem (A.D. 71-1099)]]
 
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08355a.htm  Catholic Encyclopedia: Jerusalem (A.D. 71-1099)]]
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*[http://morewhoiswho.tripod.com/history.html  The History of the Church of Jerusalem]
  
 
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Revision as of 00:49, March 10, 2012

Peter of Jerusalem was the Patriarch of Jerusalem from 524 to 544. He held to the Orthodox belief.

Patriarch Peter, as John III's successor and following in his Orthodox position, convened in September 536 a synod in Jerusalem in which he proclaimed his orthodoxy and adherence to the Council of Chalcedon. He agreed in the deposition of Anthimus I, the Monophysite patriarch of Constantinople who was deposed that year.

In 544, emperor Justinian issued an edict condemning Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret of Cyr, and Ive of Edessa, who supposedly were Nestorians, but who were never excommunicated and who had died in the fifth century. Peter signed the edict but included a proviso that if it would not be signed by the Pope of Rome, his signature would be invalid. Eventually, the emperor forced the Pope sign the edict. 

Patr. Peter died in 544.

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Peter of Jerusalem
Preceded by:
John III 		Patriarch of Jerusalem
524-544 		Succeeded by:
Macarius II
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