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'''Erasmus of Arcadia''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Εράσμους της Αρκαδίας), also known as '''Gerasimos Avlonites''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: γεράσιμος Αυλωνίτης),<ref name="Name">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=2rAWAAAAMAAJ&q=Gerasimos+Avlonites&dq=Gerasimos+Avlonites&hl=en&ei=9fcETvvsGouqsAObmNG4DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ|title=Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society|quote= Gerasimos Avlonites [Bishop Erasmus] 81, 97|publisher =Wesley Historical Society|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref> was a [[Greek Orthodox]] [[bishop]] of the Diocese of [[Arcadia]] in [[Crete]],<ref name="Oxford Journals">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=629zXVqXp_8C&pg=PA516&dq=erasmus+arcadia+bishop+born&cd=2#v=onepage&q=erasmus%20arcadia%20bishop%20born&f=false|title= Notes and Queries|quote= Erasmus, "Bishop of Arcadia in Crete," visited London in 1763, according to Myles' ''Chronology of the Wesyleyan Methodists''.|publisher =Office, 32 Wellington Street, Strand, W.C.|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref><ref name="W John Alfred Faulkner">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=dzoFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA141&dq=erasmus+crete&cd=1#v=onepage&q=erasmus%20crete&f=false|title= Wesley as sociologist, theologian, churchman|quote= In 1763 Bishop Erasmus, of Crete, of the Greek Church, visited England, and at the request of Wesley ordained as presbyter John Jones, an able and learned preacher of Wesley's band. It seems also that Samson Staniforth and Thomas Bryant were also ordained by Erasmus, but whether at Wesley's request, we do not know.|publisher =The Methodist Book Concern|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref> operating under the Patriarch of Smyrna.<ref name="Luke Tyerman - Patriarch of Smyrna">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=EHpJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA487&dq=erasmus+arcadia&cd=1#v=onepage&q=erasmus%20arcadia&f=false|title= The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, founder of the Methodists, Volume 2|quote= By his direction, Jones wrote to the patriarch of Smyrna on the subject and received an answer, stating that Erasmus was bishop of Arcadia in Crete. To this was added the testimony of several gentlemen who had met the eastern prelate in Turkey. Wesley says, "he had abundant unexceptionable credentials as to his episcopal character."|publisher =[[Hodder & Stoughton]]|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref><ref name="The Churchman - Episcopal Character">{{cite book|url =http://books.google.com/books?id=fyDnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA257&dq=erasmus+arcadia+ordained&cd=3#v=onepage&q=erasmus%20arcadia%20ordained&f=false|title=The Churchman, Volume 40|publisher =[[English Churchman]]|quote=Erasmus was the Bishop of Arcadia, in Crete. In 1763 he visited London. Wesley found his credentials unexceptionable, and Dr. Jones, on of the preachers who he ordained, obtained testimonials concerning him from Smyrna. There were also various gentlemen in London who had known him well in Turkey.|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref> {{quotation|He [Erasmus] had abundant unexceptionable credentials as to his episcopal character.<ref name="Luke Tyerman - Patriarch of Smyrna"/>|[[John Wesley]]}} Erasmus' [[monastery]], located south of [[Rethymon]] in central Crete, was a centre of resistance to foreign domination by the [[Turkish régime]].<ref name="Exile">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=InS0Ey5Q56QC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=bishops+of+arcadia+crete#v=onepage&q=bishops%20of%20arcadia%20crete&f=false|title= Authority and Order: John Wesley and his Preachers|quote= Sackett asserted that Gerasimos Avlonites of Arkadia would have been a resident of the monastery south of Rethymon in central Crete. This place was a centre of resistance to foreign domination so he had probably been driven into exile around 1739 by the oppressive Turkish régime. The Greeks in Amsterdam, rather than denounce him as an imposture, ackowledged him as founding the first Greek Church there. He was not an ignorant man, but a renowned scholar, having participated in the publication of a serious work in London and Amsterdam.|publisher = [[Ashgate Publishing]]|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref>  As such, the bishop was driven into exile around 1739.<ref name="Exile">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=InS0Ey5Q56QC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=bishops+of+arcadia+crete#v=onepage&q=bishops%20of%20arcadia%20crete&f=false|title= Authority and Order: John Wesley and his Preachers|quote= Sackett asserted that Gerasimos Avlonites of Arkadia would have been a resident of the monastery south of Rethymon in central Crete. This place was a centre of resistance to foreign domination so he had probably been driven into exile around 1739 by the oppressive Turkish régime. The Greeks in Amsterdam, rather than denounce him as an imposture, ackowledged him as founding the first Greek Church there. He was not an ignorant man, but a renowned scholar, having participated in the publication of a serious work in London and Amsterdam.|publisher = [[Ashgate Publishing]]|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref>  He is regarded as the founder of the first Greek Orthodox [[Local church|congregation]] in [[Amsterdam]].<ref name="Exile">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=InS0Ey5Q56QC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=bishops+of+arcadia+crete#v=onepage&q=bishops%20of%20arcadia%20crete&f=false|title= Authority and Order: John Wesley and his Preachers|quote= Sackett asserted that Gerasimos Avlonites of Arkadia would have been a resident of the monastery south of Rethymon in central Crete. This place was a centre of resistance to foreign domination so he had probably been driven into exile around 1739 by the oppressive Turkish régime. The Greeks in Amsterdam, rather than denounce him as an imposture, ackowledged him as founding the first Greek Church there. He was not an ignorant man, but a renowned scholar, having participated in the publication of a serious work in London and Amsterdam.|publisher = [[Ashgate Publishing]]|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref>  

'''Gerasimos Avlonites''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: γεράσιμος Αυλωνίτης),<ref name="Name">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=2rAWAAAAMAAJ&q=Gerasimos+Avlonites&dq=Gerasimos+Avlonites&hl=en&ei=9fcETvvsGouqsAObmNG4DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ|title=Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society|quote= Gerasimos Avlonites [Bishop Erasmus] 81, 97|publisher =Wesley Historical Society|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref> also known as '''Erasmus of Arcadia''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Εράσμους της Αρκαδίας), was a [[Greek Orthodox]] [[bishop]] of the Diocese of [[Arcadia]] in [[Crete]],<ref name="Oxford Journals">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=629zXVqXp_8C&pg=PA516&dq=erasmus+arcadia+bishop+born&cd=2#v=onepage&q=erasmus%20arcadia%20bishop%20born&f=false|title= Notes and Queries|quote= Erasmus, "Bishop of Arcadia in Crete," visited London in 1763, according to Myles' ''Chronology of the Wesyleyan Methodists''.|publisher =Office, 32 Wellington Street, Strand, W.C.|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref><ref name="W John Alfred Faulkner">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=dzoFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA141&dq=erasmus+crete&cd=1#v=onepage&q=erasmus%20crete&f=false|title= Wesley as sociologist, theologian, churchman|quote= In 1763 Bishop Erasmus, of Crete, of the Greek Church, visited England, and at the request of Wesley ordained as presbyter John Jones, an able and learned preacher of Wesley's band. It seems also that Samson Staniforth and Thomas Bryant were also ordained by Erasmus, but whether at Wesley's request, we do not know.|publisher =The Methodist Book Concern|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref> operating under the Patriarch of Smyrna.<ref name="Luke Tyerman - Patriarch of Smyrna">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=EHpJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA487&dq=erasmus+arcadia&cd=1#v=onepage&q=erasmus%20arcadia&f=false|title= The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, founder of the Methodists, Volume 2|quote= By his direction, Jones wrote to the patriarch of Smyrna on the subject and received an answer, stating that Erasmus was bishop of Arcadia in Crete. To this was added the testimony of several gentlemen who had met the eastern prelate in Turkey. Wesley says, "he had abundant unexceptionable credentials as to his episcopal character."|publisher =[[Hodder & Stoughton]]|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref><ref name="The Churchman - Episcopal Character">{{cite book|url =http://books.google.com/books?id=fyDnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA257&dq=erasmus+arcadia+ordained&cd=3#v=onepage&q=erasmus%20arcadia%20ordained&f=false|title=The Churchman, Volume 40|publisher =[[English Churchman]]|quote=Erasmus was the Bishop of Arcadia, in Crete. In 1763 he visited London. Wesley found his credentials unexceptionable, and Dr. Jones, on of the preachers who he ordained, obtained testimonials concerning him from Smyrna. There were also various gentlemen in London who had known him well in Turkey.|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref> {{quotation|He [Erasmus] had abundant unexceptionable credentials as to his episcopal character.<ref name="Luke Tyerman - Patriarch of Smyrna"/>|[[John Wesley]]}} Erasmus' [[monastery]], located south of [[Rethymon]] in central Crete, was a centre of resistance to foreign domination by the [[Turkish régime]].<ref name="Exile">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=InS0Ey5Q56QC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=bishops+of+arcadia+crete#v=onepage&q=bishops%20of%20arcadia%20crete&f=false|title= Authority and Order: John Wesley and his Preachers|quote= Sackett asserted that Gerasimos Avlonites of Arkadia would have been a resident of the monastery south of Rethymon in central Crete. This place was a centre of resistance to foreign domination so he had probably been driven into exile around 1739 by the oppressive Turkish régime. The Greeks in Amsterdam, rather than denounce him as an imposture, ackowledged him as founding the first Greek Church there. He was not an ignorant man, but a renowned scholar, having participated in the publication of a serious work in London and Amsterdam.|publisher = [[Ashgate Publishing]]|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref>  As such, the bishop was driven into exile around 1739.<ref name="Exile">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=InS0Ey5Q56QC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=bishops+of+arcadia+crete#v=onepage&q=bishops%20of%20arcadia%20crete&f=false|title= Authority and Order: John Wesley and his Preachers|quote= Sackett asserted that Gerasimos Avlonites of Arkadia would have been a resident of the monastery south of Rethymon in central Crete. This place was a centre of resistance to foreign domination so he had probably been driven into exile around 1739 by the oppressive Turkish régime. The Greeks in Amsterdam, rather than denounce him as an imposture, ackowledged him as founding the first Greek Church there. He was not an ignorant man, but a renowned scholar, having participated in the publication of a serious work in London and Amsterdam.|publisher = [[Ashgate Publishing]]|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref>  He is regarded as the founder of the first Greek Orthodox [[Local church|congregation]] in [[Amsterdam]].<ref name="Exile">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=InS0Ey5Q56QC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=bishops+of+arcadia+crete#v=onepage&q=bishops%20of%20arcadia%20crete&f=false|title= Authority and Order: John Wesley and his Preachers|quote= Sackett asserted that Gerasimos Avlonites of Arkadia would have been a resident of the monastery south of Rethymon in central Crete. This place was a centre of resistance to foreign domination so he had probably been driven into exile around 1739 by the oppressive Turkish régime. The Greeks in Amsterdam, rather than denounce him as an imposture, ackowledged him as founding the first Greek Church there. He was not an ignorant man, but a renowned scholar, having participated in the publication of a serious work in London and Amsterdam.|publisher = [[Ashgate Publishing]]|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref>  

In 1763, the Greek bishop, who was visiting London at the time,<ref name="Luke Tyerman">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=EHpJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA487&dq=erasmus+arcadia+wesley&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=erasmus%20arcadia%20wesley&f=false|title= The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, founder of the Methodists, Volume 2|quote= Just at this juncture, Erasmus a bishop of the Greek church, visited London.|publisher = Regent College Publishing|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref> consecrated Rev. John Wesley a bishop,<ref name="Wesleyan-Methodist magazine - Consecration of Rev. John Wesley">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=STVAAAAAYAAJ&q=erasmus+arcadia+wesley+bishop+dare&dq=erasmus+arcadia+wesley+bishop+dare&lr=&cd=18|title= Wesleyan-Methodist magazine: being a continuation of the Arminian or Methodist magazine first publ. by John Wesley

In 1763, the Greek bishop, who was visiting London at the time,<ref name="Luke Tyerman">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=EHpJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA487&dq=erasmus+arcadia+wesley&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=erasmus%20arcadia%20wesley&f=false|title= The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, founder of the Methodists, Volume 2|quote= Just at this juncture, Erasmus a bishop of the Greek church, visited London.|publisher = Regent College Publishing|accessdate = 2007-12-31}}</ref> consecrated Rev. John Wesley a bishop,<ref name="Wesleyan-Methodist magazine - Consecration of Rev. John Wesley">{{cite book|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=STVAAAAAYAAJ&q=erasmus+arcadia+wesley+bishop+dare&dq=erasmus+arcadia+wesley+bishop+dare&lr=&cd=18|title= Wesleyan-Methodist magazine: being a continuation of the Arminian or Methodist magazine first publ. by John Wesley