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When and Where Was the First Bishop of Zadar Mentioned?
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In researching Zadar Church history, the author makes an attempt, on the basis of available data and the relevant literature, to solve the problem often encountered in extant literature of the existence of a Zadar city bishop as early as the first half of the IVth century. He draws the conclusion that the development of Church structures in the city of Zadar and its vicinity, the city municipium, proceeded approximately in the same fashion as in the other centers of the Roman province of Dalmatia. This was particularly true as far as the center of the imperial province in Salona goes because Christianity as a new spiritual force did not bypass this province. Accordingly, at the very beginning of the IVth century Zadar had its city bishop who supported the decisions of the Roman synod from 314 and a bit later participated in the council in Sardica. The fact that today we only know the name of the Zadar bishop, Felix, from the year 381 who participated in the Aquilea and Milan bishop synod is an indicates the disappearance of the original source material during the long centuries of Christian history. The Aquilian bishop Theodore with deacon Augustun represented not only the Salona bishop but also the unknown bishop from Zadar at the Arles council in 314. Therefore it can be said that already by the end of the IIIth century Zadar had its own bishop and that the founding of the Zadar Christian community took place before the above mentioned Arles council in 314 at which the bishop of Aquilea represented the Dalmatian Church.
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17.8.2004.
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