Augustine
(Numidia, now Algeria, 354 - 430 AD),
Letters,
No 53
"For, if the order of succession of Bishops is to be considered,
"For, if the order of succession of Bishops is to be considered,
how much more surely, truly
and safely do we number them
from Peter, to whom, as representing
the whole Church, the
Lord said: "Upon this
rock I will build my church and the gates
of hell shall not prevail
against it" (Mt 16:18). For, to Peter
succeeded
Linus, to Linus Clement, to Clement Anacletus,
to Anacletus Evaristus ... "
to Anacletus Evaristus ... "
