Apostolic Succession
The Rev. Loren M. Minner wasordained a priest of the Home Temple, August 1st,2004, By PresidingBishop Lewis S. Keizer. Below is the apostolic succession as passed tothe Bishops and clergy of the Home Temple by authority of PresidingBishops Lewis and Willa Keizer. [ Home | Apostolic Succession | About us | Gnostic Links |
APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION; ANCIENT LINEAGE OF MELCHIZEDEK FROM THE MASTER JESUS
The Apostolic Succession is the most ancient spiritual lineage that canbe traced through history. Nearly 2000 years old, it is moreancient than any historically extant Tibetan, Hindu, Buddhist, Chineseor other lineage of priesthood or discipleship.
Below are charts of the twenty-two extant historic lines of ApostolicSuccession from the Master Jesus, through his Apostles, and througheach of the successors of the Apostles (now called "bishops"), throughthe twentieth century and the Home Temple. These are lists ofbishops who consecrated other bishops. Peter, for example, laidhands on both Evodius in Antioch and Linus in Rome, and these Bishopsconsecrated their successors Ignatius Martyr and Anecletus, who laterlaid hands on their successor bishops.
1. The Antiochian - Jacobite Succession (Full Detail)
(1) Peter, 38;
(2) Evodus 40;
(3) Ignatius I, 43;
(4) Aaron, 123;
(5); Cornelius, 123;
(6) Eodos, 142;
(7) Theophulus, 157;
(8) Maximinus, 171;
(9) Seraphim, 179;
(10) Astlediaes, 189;
(11) Philip, 201;
(12) Sebinus {Zebinus},219;
(13) Babylos, 237;
(14) Fabius, 250;
(15) Demetrius, 251;
(16) Paul I, 259;
(17) Domnus I, 270;
(18) Timotheus, 281;
(19) Cyrilus, 281;
(20) Tyrantus, 296;
(21) Vitalius, 301;
(22) Philognius, 318;
(23) Eustachius, 323;
(24) Paulinius, 338;
(25) Philabianus, 383;
(26) Evagrius, 386;
(27) Phosohorius, 416;
(28) Alexander, 418;
(29) John I, 428;
(30) Theodotus, 431;
(31) Domnus II, 442;
(32) Maximus, 450;
(33) Accacius, 454;
(34) Martyrius, 457;
(35) Peter II, 464;
(36) Philadius, 500;
(37) Serverius, 509;
(38) Segius, 544;
(39) Domnus III, 547;
(40) Anadtasius, 560;
(41) Gregory I, 564;
(42) Paul II, 567;
(43) Patra, 571;
(44) Domnus IV, 586;
(45) Julianus, 591;
(46) Athanasius I, 595;
(47) John II, 636;
(48) Theodorus I, 649;
(49) Severus, 668;
(50) Athanasius II, 684;
(51) Julianus II, 687;
(52) Elias I, 709;
(53) Athanasius III 724;
(54) Evanius I, 740;
(55) Gervasius I, 759;
(56) Joseph, 790;
(57) Cyriacus, 793;
(58) Dionysius I, 818;
(59) John III, 847;
(60) Ignatius II, 877;
(61) Theodosius, 887;
(62) Dionysius II 897;
(63) John IV, 910;
(64) Basilus I, 922;
(65) John V, 936;
(66) Evanius II, 954;
(67) Dionysius III, 958;
(68) Abraham I, 962;
(69) John VI, 965;
(70) Athamasius IV, 987;
(71) John VII, 1004;
(72) Dionysius IV, 1032;
(73) Theodorus II, 1042;
(74) Athanasius V, 1058;
(75) John VIII, 1064;
(76) Basilius II, 1074;
(77) Abdoone, 1076;
(78) Dionysius V, 1077;
(79) Evanius III, 1080;
(80) Dionysius VI, 1088;
(81) Athanasius VI, 1091;
(82) John IX, 1131;
(83) Athanasius VII, 1139;
(84) Michael I, 1167;
(85) Athanasius VIII, 1200;
(86) Michael II, 1207;
(87) John X, 1208;
(88) Ignatius III, 1223;
(89) Dionysius VII, 1253;
(90) John XI, 1253;
(91) Ignatius IV, 1264;
(92) Philanus, 1283;
(93) Ignatius Baruhid, 1293;
(94) Ignatius Ismael, 1333;
(95) Ignatius Basilius III, 1366;
(96) Ignatius Abraham II, 1382;
(97) Ignatius Bacalius IV, 1412;
(98) Ignatius Behanam I, 1415;
(99) Ignatius Kalejih, 1455;
(100) Ignatius John XII, 1483;
(101) Ignatius Noah, 1492; (102) Ignatius Jesus
I, 1509; (103) Ignatius Jacob I, 1510; (104)
Ignatius David I, 1519; (105) Ignatius Abdullah
I, 1520; (106) Ignatius Naamathalak, 1557; (107)
Ignatius David II, 1577;
(108) Ignatius Philathus, 1591; (109) Ignatius
Abdullah II, 1597; (110) Ignatius Cadhai, 1598;
(111) Ignatius Simeon, 1640; (112) Ignatius
Jesus II, 1661; (113) Ignatius Messiah, 1661;
(114) Ignatius Cabeeb, 1686; (115) Ignatius
Gervasius II, 1687; (116) Ignatius Isaac, 1708;
(117) Ignatius Siccarablak, 1722; (118) Ignatius
Gervasius III, 1746; (119) Ignatius Gervasius IV,
1768; (120) Ignatius Mathias, 1781; (121)
Ignatius Behanam, 1810;
(122) Ignatius Jonas, 1817; (123) Ignatius
Gervasius V, 1818; (!24) Ignatius Elias II, 1839;
(125) Ignatius Jacob II, 1847; (126) Mar Ignatius
Peter III, 1872.
(127) Paulose Mar Athanasius (Kadavil Kooran)
was consecrated on December 4, 1907 by Mar
Ignatius Peter III as Syrian Antioch Bishop of
Kottayam and Metropolitan of Malabar (India).
(128) Mar Julius I (Antonio Francis Xavier
Alvares) was consecrated July 28, 1889, by
Paulose Mar Athanasius, under authority of
Patriarch Ignatius Peter III to be Archbishop of
the Latin Rite Independent Catholic Church of
Ceylon, Goa and India.
(129) Joseph Rene Vilatte was consecrated on
May 29, 1892 in Columba, Ceylon at Our Lady
of Good Death Cathedral by Mar Julius I, under
authority of a Bull of Mar Ignatius Peter III, to
serve as Archbishop of North America.
(130) Fredrick E. Lloyd, 1915;
(131) Samuel Gregory Lines, 1923;
(132)Justin Boyle, 1927;
(133)Lowel Paul Wadle, 1940;
(134) Herman Adrian Spruit, 1957
(135) Lewis S. Keizer to HOME TEMPLE
End of Syrian-Antiochene Apostolic Lineage
to the HOME TEMPLE
The Roman-Old Catholic Succession (Full Detail)
(1) Peter, 38;
(2) Linus, 67;
(3) Ancletus {Cletus}, 76;
(4) Clement, 88;
(5) Evaristus, 97;
(6) Alexander I, 105;
(7) Sixtus I, 115;
(8) Telesphorus, 125;
(9) Hygimus, 136;
(10) Pius I, 140;
(11) Anicetus, 155;
(12) Soter, 166;
(13) Eleutherius, 175;
(14) Victor I, 189;
(15) Zephyrinus, 199;
(16) Callistus I, 217;
(17) Urban I, 222;
(18) Pontian, 230;
(19) Anterus, 235;
(20) Fabian, 236;
(21) Cornelius, 251;
(22) Lucius I, 253;
(23) Stephen I, 254;
(24) Sixtus II, 257;
(25) Dionysius, 259;
(26) Felix I, 269;
(27) Eutychian, 275;
(28) Caius, 283;
(29) Marcellinus, 296;
(30) Marcellus I, 308;
(31) Eucebius, 309;
(32) Melchiades {Miltiades}, 311;
(33) Sylvester I, 314;
(34) Marcus, 336;
(35) Julius I, 337;
(36) Liberius, 352 Liberius was expelled from
Rome by the Arian Emperor Constantius,
during his absence, the See of Rome was
held by Felix II, who resigned upon the
return of Liberius from his two year exile;
(37) Damasus I, 366;
(38) Siricius, 384;
(39) Anastasius I, 399;
(40) Innocent I, 401;
(41) Zosimus, 417;
(42) Boniface I, 418;
(43) Celestine I, 422;
(44) Sixtus III, 432;
(45) Leo I, 440;
(46) Hilary, 461;
(47) Simplicius, 468;
(48) Felix III, 483;
(49) Gelasius I, 492;
(50) Anastasius II, 496;
(51) Symmachus, 498;
(52) Hormisdus, 514;
(53) John I, 523;
(54) Felix IV, 526;
(55) Boniface II, 530;
(56) John II, 535;
(57) Agapitus, 535,
(58) Sylverius, 536;
(59) Vigilus, 537;
(60) Pelagius I, 556;
(61) John III, 561;
(62) Benedict I, 575;
(63) Pelagius II, 579;
(64) Gregory I, 590;
(65) Sabinianus, 604;
(66) Boniface III, 607;
(67) Boniface IV, 608;
(68) Deusdedit {Adeodatus I}, 615;
(69) Boniface V, 619;
(70) Honorius, 625;
(71) Severinus, 640;
(72) John IV, 640;
(73) Theodore I, 642;
(74) Martin I, 649;
(75) Eugene I, 654;
(76) Vitalian, 657;
(77) Adeodatus II, 672;
(78) Donus, 676;
(79) Agatho, 678;
(80) Leo II, 682;
(81) Benedict II, 684;
(82) John V, 685;
(83) Conon, 686;
(84) Sergius I, 687;
(85) John VI, 701;
(86) John VII, 705;
(87) Sisinnius, 708;
(88) Constantine, 708;
(89) Gregory II, 715
(90) Gregory III, 731;
(91) Zachary, 741;
(92) Stephen II, 752;
(93) Paul I, 757;
(94) Stephen III, 768;
(95) Adrian I, 772;
(96) Leo III, 795;
(97) Stephan IV, 816;
(98) Paschal I, 817;
(99) Eugene II, 824;
(100) Valentine, 827;
(101) Gregory IV, 827; (102) Sergius II, 844;
(103) Leo IV, 847;(104) Benedict III, 855;
(105) Nicholas I The Great (106) Adrian II, 867;
(107) John VIII, 872; (108) Marinus I, 882;
(109) Adrian III, 884; (110) Stephan V, 885;
(111) Formosus, 891; (112) Boniface VI; (113)
Steven VI, 897; (114) Romanus, 897;
(115)Theodore II, 897; (116) John IX, 898;
(117) Benedict IV, 900; (118) Leo V, 903; (119)
Sergius III, 904; (120) Anastasius III, 911; (121)
Landus, 913; (122) John X, 914; (123) Leo VI,
938; (124) Stephan VII, 928; (125) John XI, 931;
(126) Leo VII, 936; (127) Stephen VIII, 939;
(128) Maginus II, 942; (129) Agapitus II, 946;
(130) John XIII, 955; (131) Leo VII, 963; (132)
Benedict V, 964; (133) John XIV, 965; (134)
Benedict VI, 973; (135) Benedict VII, 974; (136)
John XIV, 983, (137) John XV, 985; (138)
Gregory V, 996; (139) Sylvester II, 999; (140)
John XVII, 1003; (141) John XVIII, 1004; (142)
Sergius IV, 1009; (143) Benedict VIII, 1012;
(144) John XIX, 1024; (145) Benedict IX, 1032;
(146) Sylvester III, 1045; (147) Benedict IX
{Second time},1045; (148) Gregory VI, 1045;
(149)Clement II, 1046; (150) Benedict IX {Third
time},1047; (151) Damasus II, 1048; (152) Leo
IX, 1049; (153) Victor II, 1055; (154) Stephan
IX, 1057; (155) Nicholas II, 1059; (156)
Alexander II, 1061; (157) Gregory VII, 1073;
(158) Victor III, 1087; (159) Urban II, 1088;
(160) Paschal II, 1099; (161) Gelasius II, 1118;
(162) Callistus II, 1119; (163) Honorius II, 1124;
(164) Innocent II, 1130; (165) Celestine II, 1143;
(166) Lucius II, 1144; (167) Eugene III 1145;
(168) Anastasius IV, 1153; (169) Adrian IV,
1154; (170) Alexander III, 1159; (171) Lucius
III, 1181; (172) Urban III, 1185; (173) Gregory
VIII, 1187; (174) Clement III, 1187; (175)
Celestine III, 1191; (176) Innocent III, 1198;
(177) Honorius III, 1216; (178) Gregory IX,
1227; (179) Celestine IV, 1241; (180) Innocent
IV, 1243; (181) Alexander IV, 1254: (182)
Urban IV, 1261; (183) Clement IV, 1265; (184)
Gregory X, 1271; (185) Innocent V, 1276; (186)
Adrian V, 1276; (187) John XXI, 1276; (188)
Nicholas III, 1277; (189) Martin IV, 1281; (190)
Honorius IV, 1285; (191) Nicholas IV 1288;
(192) Celestine V, 1294; (193) Boniface VIII,
1294; (194) Benedict XI, 1303; (195) Clement
V, 1305; (196) John XXII, 1316; (197) Benedict
XII, 1334; (198) Clement VI, 1342; (199)
Innocent VI, 1352; (200) Urban V, 1362;(201)
Gregory XI, 1370; (202) Urban VI, 1378;
(203) Boniface IX, 1389; (204) Innocent VII,
1389; (205) Gregory XII, 1406; (206) Martin V,
1417; (207) Eugene IV, 1431; (208) Nicholas V,
1447; (209) Callistus III, 1455; (210) Pius II,
1458;(211) Paul II, 1464; (212) Sixtus IV, 1471;
(213) Innocent VIII, 1484; (214) Alexander VI,
1492; (215) Pius III, 1503; (216) Julius II, 1503;
(217) Leo X, 1513; (218) Adrian VI, 1522; (219)
Clement VII, 1523; (220) Paul III, 1534; (221)
Julius III, 1550; (222) Marcellus II, 1555; (223)
Paul IV, 1555; (224) Pius IV, 1559; (225) Pius
V, 1566; (226) Gregory XIII, 1572; (227) Sixtus
V, 1585; (228) Urban VII, 1590; (229) Gregory
XIV, 1590; (230) Innocent IX, 1591; (231)
Clement VIII, 1592; (232) Leo XI, 1605; (233)
Paul V, 1605; (234) Gregory XV 1621; (235)
Urban VIII, 1623; (236) Innocent X, 1644; (237)
Alexander VII, 1655;
(238) In 1655, Antonio Barberini, nephew of
Urban VIII, was consecrated to the Episcopate
under authority of the Bishop of Rome, by
Bishops Scanarello, Bottini and Govotti. He was
Archbishop of Remes 1657 untill his death in
1671, and was made a Cardinal. It is from Bishop
Barberini that the Roman Succession from Peter
branches off from the Bishops of Rome.
(239) Michael le Tellier was consecrated by
Barberini in 1668. He was confessor to King
Louie XIV of France, and a Jesuit Provincal.
(240) Jaques Benigne de Bousseut, was
consecrated by le Tellier in 1670 as Bishop of
Mieux, France.
(241) James Coyon de Matignon, was
consecrated by de Bousseut in 1693.
(242) Dominicus Marie Varlet, Consecrated in
1719 in Paris by Bishop de Matignon, assisted by
the Bishop of Quebec and the Bishop of
Claremont. He was named Coadjutor to the
Roman Catholic Bishop of Babylon who died on
November 20, 1717 and Bishop Varlet
succeeded to the title. After a period in Persia at
Schamake, he was suspended from office for
alleged technical irregularities, including the
conformation of 604 candidates in Holland,
whom he had confirmed at the request of the
Church in Amsterdam. The Dutch Church had
been without a Bishop for 18 years as a
punishment from Rome because the Dutch
Church refused to cooperate in the persecution of
the Jansenists in Holland. Following the election
of (243) Cornelius Van Steenhoven to serve as
Archbishop of Utrecht, the Primatial See of
Holland, Varlet agreed to perform the
Consecration, which he did on October 15, 1724,
thus making Van Steenhoven the seventh
Archbishop of Utrecht and canonical successor
to Saint Willibrod, the British missionary who
had brought the faith to Holland. In this
consecration was born the Old Catholic Church.
(244) Johannes Van Stiphout, 1745; (245)
Gaultherus Michael Van Niewenhuizen, 1786;
(246) Adrian Brockman, 1778; (247) Johannes
Jacobus Van Rhijin, 1797; (248) Gilbertus de
Jong, 1805; (249) Wilibrordus Van Os, 1814;
(250) Johannes Bon, 1819; (251) Johannes Van
Santen, 1825; (252) Hermanus Heijkamp, 1854;
(253) Casparus Johannes Rinkel, 1873; (254)
Geradus Gul, 1892.
(255) Arnold Harris Matthew was consecrated on
April 28, 1908 by Archbishop Gul of Utrecht,
assisted by Bishop J. J. Van Thiel of Haarlem,
Bishop N. B. P. Spit of Deventer and Bishop J.
Demmel of Bonn, Germany, to serve as the First
Old Catholic Bishop of Britain.
Continuation in the United States:
(256) Fredrick Wiloughby, 1914;
(257) James I Wedgewood, 1916;
(258) Irving S. Cooper, 1919;
(259) Charles Hampton, 1931. Hampton was
Principal consecrator of
(260) Herman A. Spruit, consecrator of
(261) Lewis S. Keizer to the HOME TEMPLE
End of Roman-Old Catholic Lineage to the
HOME TEMPLE
OTHER APOSTOLIC LINEAGES
THROUGH H. A. SPRUIT AND BISHOP
GEORGE BOYER TO KEIZER AND THE
HOME TEMPLE:
3. Armenian Uniate: Chorchurian -
Chechamian - Crow - Newman - Maxey - Wadle
- Spruit - Keizer
4. Syro-Chaldean: St. Thomas - Shimun
XVIII - Antony - Bartlett - Newman - Maxey -
Wadle - Spruit - Keizer
5. Anglican, Celtic origin: Moore - White -
Hopkins - Chechemian - Crow - Newman -
Maxey - Wadle - Spruit - Keizer
6. American Greek Melchite: Cyril VI -
Savoya - Aneed - Spruit - Keizer
[Spruit was appointed Patriarch of the Byzantine
Orthodox Catholic Church by Bishop Aneed,
whom he succeded in that position.]
7. Orthodox Patriarchate: (Constantinople) -
Sergius - Kleefish - Aneed - Wadle - Spruit -
Keizer
8. Russian Orthodox: Nikon - Makarius -
Ortinsky - Kleefish - Aneed - Wadle - Spruit -
Keizer
9. Non Juring Bishops of Scotland:
Montaigne - Seabury - Richardson - Newman -
Maxey - Wadle - Spruit - Keizer
10. Syrian-Malabar: Alvares - Vilatte -
Miraglia - Lloyd - Lines - Raleigh - Wadle -
Spruit - Keizer
11. Syrian-Gallican: Alvares - Vilatte -
Miraglia - Lloyd - Lines - Raleigh - Wadle -
Spruit - Keizer
12. - 20.
Coptic; Coptic Uniate; Anglican, Non-Celtic;
Irish; Welsh; Mariavite; Old Greek Melchite
(Byzantine); Old Armenian; Corporate
Reunion
Mar Georgius (Corporate Reunion) - Maxey -
Spruit - Keizer
21. Liberal Catholic: Wedgewood - Cooper -
Hampton - Sheehan - Hadaway - Spruit -
Keizer
22. Templar and Gnostic:
[This is the clandestine Gnostic, Templar, and
Rosicrucian line of Europe that kept no written
records for fear of the Inquisition, but whose
lineage Bertil Persson of St. Ephraim�s Institute
has been able to verify back to 1726.]
Benedictus PP XIII (1726) - De Polignac (1735)
- De Grammont II (1744) - Von Baldenstein
(1759) - De Montenach (1772) - Gobel (1791) -
Lamourette (1791) - Royer (1800) - Fabre-
Palaprat (1810) - Mauviel (1810) - Machault
(1831) - Chatel (1836) - D�Adhemar (1857) - De
Brion (1860) - De Marraga (1899) - L-F Jean-
Maine (1953) - H-F Jean-Maine (1966) -
Bertiaux (1979) - Barber (1987) - Persson (1989)
- Boyer (1990) - Keizer (1993)
Lewis S. Keizer Consecrated a bishop by Archbishop Herman Adrian Spruitt of the
Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch,Malabar Rite, on April 14, 1975, IN Pacific Grove, CA.