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Saint '''Evaristus''' or '''Euarestus''', [[Pope]], was also known as '''Aristus'''.  

Saint '''Evaristus''' or '''Euarestus''', [[Pope]], was also known as '''Aristus'''.  

He was a [[Greek]], born the son of Juda, a [[Bethlehem]] Hellenic [[Jew]], himself born possibly in or near [[Antioch, Syria]].<ref>According to the ''Liber Pontificalis'', he came from a family of Hellenic origin. Author Charles A. Coulombe states that he was a Jew and came from a Jewish family from Antioch, Turkey.</ref> Evaristus was a Jew, born in Bethlehem. His father, Juda, was of Greek origin, but lived in Bethlehem, only a few miles from the temple in Jerusalem, the goal of all good Jews. Evidently, Juda moved his family from the town, probably just before the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in A.D. 70.  

He was a [[Greek]], born the son of Juda, a [[Bethlehem]] Hellenic [[Jew]], himself born possibly in or near [[Antioch, Syria]].<ref>According to the ''Liber Pontificalis'' ("Book of Popes"), he came from a family of Hellenic origin (Greek). Author Charles A. Coulombe states that he was a Jew and came from a Jewish family from Antioch, Turkey.</ref> Evaristus was a Jew, born in Bethlehem. His father, Juda, was of Greek origin, but lived in Bethlehem, only a few miles from the temple in Jerusalem, the goal of all good Jews. Evidently, Juda moved his family from the town, probably just before the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in A.D. 70.  

Evaristus was elected the fifth pope and [[bishop of Rome]] immediately succeeding [[Pope Clement|Saint Clement]] sometime between A.D. 97 and 100, as the fourth successor of St. Peter. Little is known about Evaristus. He was elected during the reign of the Roman Emperor [[Domitian]], the time of the second general persecution, or during the reign of [[Trajan]], and governed the Church for about eight years. Pope Saint Evaristus was pope from about 98 to 105<ref>A.D. 99 to 108 in the Vatican's ''Annuario Pontificio'' of 2003.</ref> It is likely that He was the Bishop of Rome when John the Apostle died, marking the end of the apostolic Age. Given the increase in the number of Christians, he divided the city of [[Rome]] into [[parish]]es. He founded the first seven diaconates entrusted to senior [[priest]]s and this is considered to be the origin of the [[College of Cardinals]]. The "''Liber Pontificalis''" attributes to him the allotment of definite churches as ''tituli'' to the Roman presbyters, and the division of the city into seven ''diaconias'' or deaconries; in this statement, however, critics claim the "''Liber Pontificalis''" arbitrarily refers to the time of Evaristus a later institution of the Roman Church, on the ''a priori'' assumption that an hierarchical structure of [[ecclesiastical government]] in the [[orthodox]] [[catholic]] [[Christianity|Christian]] [[church]] with [[bishop]]s and [[priest]]s did not exist and was impossible in the latter half of the first century through the first half of the second. This assumption has been challenged on the basis of historical documentation. See [[Epistles of Ignatius]]. Again by the appointment of Pope Evaristus marriages are to be blessed by the priest not without prayers and offerings.

Evaristus was elected the fifth pope and [[bishop of Rome]] immediately succeeding [[Pope Clement|Saint Clement]] sometime between A.D. 97 and 100, as the fourth successor of St. Peter. Little is known about Evaristus. He was elected during the reign of the Roman Emperor [[Domitian]], the time of the second general persecution, or during the reign of [[Trajan]], and governed the Church for about eight years. Pope Saint Evaristus was pope from about 98 to 105<ref>A.D. 99 to 108 in the Vatican's ''Annuario Pontificio'' of 2003.</ref> It is likely that He was the Bishop of Rome when John the Apostle died, marking the end of the apostolic Age. Given the increase in the number of Christians, he divided the city of [[Rome]] into [[parish]]es. He founded the first seven diaconates entrusted to senior [[priest]]s and this is considered to be the origin of the [[College of Cardinals]]. The "''Liber Pontificalis''" attributes to him the allotment of definite churches as ''tituli'' to the Roman presbyters, and the division of the city into seven ''diaconias'' or deaconries; in this statement, however, critics claim the "''Liber Pontificalis''" arbitrarily refers to the time of Evaristus a later institution of the Roman Church, on the ''a priori'' assumption that an hierarchical structure of [[ecclesiastical government]] in the [[orthodox]] [[catholic]] [[Christianity|Christian]] [[church]] with [[bishop]]s and [[priest]]s did not exist and was impossible in the latter half of the first century through the first half of the second. This assumption has been challenged on the basis of historical documentation. See [[Epistles of Ignatius]]. Again by the appointment of Pope Evaristus marriages are to be blessed by the priest not without prayers and offerings.

[[Eusebius]]:{{quotation|Book III, Chapter XXXIV Euarestus, the Fourth Bishop of the Church at Rome <br>

[[Eusebius]]:{{quotation|Book III, Chapter XXXIV Euarestus, the Fourth Bishop of the Church at Rome <br>

I<small>N</small> the third year of the above-mentioned reign, Clement, bishop of Rome, committed the episcopal charge to Euarestus, and departed this life, after superintending the preaching of the divine word nine years. <br>

I<small>N</small> the third year of the above-mentioned reign, Clement, bishop of Rome, committed the episcopal charge to '''Euarestus''', and departed this life, after superintending the preaching of the divine word nine years. <br>

Book IV, Chapter I The Bishops of Rome and Alexandria, in the Reign of Trajan <br>  

Book IV, Chapter I The Bishops of Rome and Alexandria, in the Reign of Trajan <br>  

A<small>BOUT</small> the twelfth year of the reign of Trajan, the bishop of the church of Alexandria, who was mentioned by us a little before, departed this life. Primus was the fourth from the apostles to whom the functions of the office were there allotted. At the same time also, after Euarestus had completed the eighth year as bishop of Rom, he was succeeded in the episcopal office by Alexander, the fifth in the succession from Peter and Paul. <br>  

A<small>BOUT</small> the twelfth year of the reign of Trajan, the bishop of the church of Alexandria, who was mentioned by us a little before, departed this life. Primus was the fourth from the apostles to whom the functions of the office were there allotted. At the same time also, after '''Euarestus''' had completed the eighth year as bishop of Rom, he was succeeded in the episcopal office by Alexander, the fifth in the succession from Peter and Paul. <br>  

—''quotations verbatim of'' Book III, Chapter XXXIV (p. 109) and Book IV, Chapter I The Bishops of Rome and Alexandria, in the Reign of Trajan (p. 116), ''The Ecclesiastical History Of Eusebius Pamphilus: Bishop Of Caesarea, In Palestine'', Translated from the Greek, by The Rev. C. F. Crusé, Assistant Professor in the University of Pennsylvania. With notes from the Edition of Valesius. Published London: George Bell and Sons, York Street. Covent Garden 1874. London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street and Charing Cross. —''In the public domain'' (<small>boldface highlight added</small>.)}}

—''quotations verbatim of'' Book III, Chapter XXXIV (p. 109) and Book IV, Chapter I The Bishops of Rome and Alexandria, in the Reign of Trajan (p. 116), ''The Ecclesiastical History Of Eusebius Pamphilus: Bishop Of Caesarea, In Palestine'', Translated from the Greek, by The Rev. C. F. Crusé, Assistant Professor in the University of Pennsylvania. With notes from the Edition of Valesius. Published London: George Bell and Sons, York Street. Covent Garden 1874. London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street and Charing Cross. —''In the public domain'' (<small>boldface highlight added</small>.)}}