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APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION: 
ANCIENT LINEAGE OF MELCHIZEDEK FROM THE MASTER JESUS

Bishop-Elect Luis Londono's charts of Apostolic Succession to Bishop Keizer and the Home Temple narrated and explained by Bishop Keizer HERE

The Apostolic Succession is the most ancient spiritual lineage that can be traced through history.  It is more ancient than any historically extant Tibetan, Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese or other lineage of priesthood or discipleship.  It is nearly 2000 years old.   Embedded in the lineages are not only the divine Apostolic powers and energies transmitted directly from the Master Jesus by the laying-on of hands, but also the centuries of dedicated work of heart, soul, and spirit that all those who labored in the lineages transmitted through their striving and service. It links members of the Home Temple with their spiritual ancestors.

Below are charts of the twenty-two extant historic lines of Apostolic Succession from the Master Jesus, through his Apostles, and through each of the successors of the Apostles (now called "Bishops"), through the twentieth century and the Home Temple.   These are lists of Bishops who consecrated other Bishops.  Peter, for example, laid hands on both Evodius in Antioch and Linus in Rome, and these Bishops consecrated their successors Ignatius Martyr and Anecletus, who later laid hands on their successor bishops. 

The Western churches follow the conventions described by Augustine of Hippo in the Fourth Century for valid Apostolic Succession: 1. Consecration of a Bishop must be done in the context of the Eucharist or Holy Communion Liturgy; 2. There must be an actual laying-on of hands by the Consecrating Bishop; 3. The Consecrator must be a validly Consecrated Bishop; and, 4. The Consecrator's intention must be to Consecrate a Bishop (i.e., not coerced). 

The same conventions apply to Ordination as Deacon or Priest in the Apostolic Succession, although each of these offices may exercise Apostolic authority only under the oversight of a Bishop and as an extension of his/her authority as a Successor of the Apostles. The Bishop may chose to revoke the license of a Deacon or Priest to operate, in which case the Ordination is still valid, but the Deacon or Priest no longer has Apostolic Authority for sacramental or other work. All Deacons and Priests must operate under the authority of one Bishop, but may transfer to another Bishop's jurisdiction with Letters Dimissory from the Ordaining Bishop. Deacons and Priests do not have the authority to Ordain others, but they may teach, heal, offer the Sacraments, and operate other ministries. In the Home Temple, Priests and Priestesses are allowed to operate their ministries with total independence under the Home Temple Code of Ethics. Those who distinguish themselves in service and spiritual leadership are invited to become Independent Bishops of the Home Temple Synod. Bishop Keizer's The Wandering Bishops: Apostles of a New Spirituality describes the history of the contemporary Episcopi Vagantes or Independent Bishops. Link to Publications of the Home Temple Press.

The following lists were edited or compiled by Bishop Bertil Persson, former head of the American branch of the world-wide Apostolic Episcopal Church and Director of St. Ephraim Institute in Sweden. Bishop Persson kept the world's largest and most accurate record of independent bishops.

There are today eighteen to twenty-two valid extant or surviving Lines of Apostolic Succession (depending upon how they are reckoned), all of which Dr. Lewis and Willa Keizer, Presiding Bishops of the Home Temple, have synthesized through mutual subconditional consecrations with other Bishops for Ordination of Home Temple Subdeacons, Deacons, Priests, and Consecration of Home Temple Bishops. This is the fully reconstituted Priesthood of Melchizedek as it was transmitted through our Master and High Priest, Mar Yeshua.

After the unfolding of the Antiochene (Eastern Orthodox) and Roman (Western Catholic) lineages, we include brief outlines of the other twenty extant Apostolic lineages that have been restored for the Home Temple Priesthood. 

In addition to clandestine consecration by Bishop Herman A. Spruit in Pacific Grove, California, on April 14, 1975, Bishop Keizer mutually shared Apostolic lineages with Bishop George Boyer in a public Eucharist with witnesses in Boulder Creek, California, on July 12, 1993, and mutually shared Apostolic lineages with Bishop Ronald Shelton of the Apostolic Celtic Church in a public Eucharist on June 17, 2012, in Asheville, North Carolina with Bishop John Plummer participating. Signed documents for all three events are provided on this web page at the end. The purpose of the shared or subconditional consecrations was to enrich both participants with the full repertoire of Apostolic sub-lineages that had been consolidated in Europe and on the East and West Coasts of the United States within the major twenty-two listed below through activities of other Bishops downline from them.

For a detailed account of Apostolic lineages and sub-lineages, read Bishop Robert Angus Jones' online .pdf file here: http://pelagios.net/succession.pdf. It is a well-research summary, but I recommend his full published book which can be bought as a paperback or Kindle edition here: http://www.amazon.com/Independent-Sacramental-Bishops-Angus-Jones/dp/1933993839 He explains why he and I do not list questionable sub-lineages like the Order of Corporate Reunion among our lines of succession. These are probably valid, but undocumented. There are also lines claimed by some Bishops that simply are not valid, as well as legitimate sub-lineages that are wrongly represented as major lineages, such as the Jewish-Celtic (and possibly Coptic-Celtic). [Others he lists under the category of Inner Priesthood Lineages are, in my view, not true Apostolic Succession, but in some cases represent truly "contacted" orders like T:.H:.G:.]

THE ORIGINAL JEWISH BISHOPS OF THE CHURCH AT JERUSALEM AS LISTED BY EUSEBIUS:

James, ‘the Lord’s brother,’ First Bishop of Jerusalem
Symeon, Second Bishop of Jerusalem
Justus, Third Bishop of Jerusalem
Zacchaeus, Fourth Bishop of Jerusalem
Tobias, Fifth Bishop of Jerusalem
Benjamin, Sixth Bishop of Jerusalem
John, Seventh Bishop of Jerusalem
Matthias, Eighth Bishop of Jerusalem
Philip, Ninth Bishop of Jerusalem
Seneca, Tenth Bishop of Jerusalem
Justus II, Eleventh Bishop of Jerusalem
Levi, Twelfth Bishop of Jerusalem
Ephres, Thirteenth Bishop of Jerusalem
Joseph, Fourteenth Bishop of Jerusalem
and Judas, Fifteenth Bishop of Jerusalem, and the last Jewish sage to hold that office before the expulsion of all Jews from Jerusalem as a result of the Bar-Kochba revolt in A.D. 135

In 135 C.E., the Emperor Hadrian banished all Jews from Jerusalem and its surrounding area, and he put an end to the Jewish name of the country/province of Judaea, by renaming it Syria Palaestina, known today as Palestine. After that Eusebius lists a gentile (non-Jewish) Episcopal Succession at Jerusalem, which was then subsumed into various other major lines of succession, thus continuing as a sub-lineage of Eastern and Western Apostolic Succession.

As you examine the following traditional lines of succession from Peter transmitted in the Home Temple, please remember that the first Bishop and thus Pope was not Peter, but James the brother of Jesus--later marginalized as "James the Lesser" by the virgin birthers to avoid any suggestion that Jesus had brothers and sisters! The primacy of the Jewish Apostles and their successors at Jerusalem was co-opted by gentile Pauline Christianity, which claimed Peter as its founder.

In the Home Temple, we use scholarship to recover the authentic Jewish teachings of Yeshua and his true successors, and we recognize James the Just (Iakob Ha-Tzadik) brother of Yeshua as our first Bishop from whom all Apostolic lineage flows.

 

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

          
 
          
2.  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 
confirmation 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 (1740)[Prospero Lambertini renamed Benedictus XIV after Antipope Benedictus X 
was deleted from papal numbering) before becoming Pope consecrated - 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)
KEIZER CONSECRATION BY ARCHBISHOP HERMAN ADRIAN SPRUIT OF THE 
CHURCH OF ANTIOCH ON APRIL 14, 1975, IN PACIFIC GROVE. CA


MUTUAL SUBCONDITIONAL CONSECRATION TO CONSOLIDATE LINES
OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION BETWEEN BISHOPS KEIZER AND BOYER
DONE JULY 12, 1993, IN BOULDER CREEK, CA
  
MUTUAL SUBCONDITIONAL CONSECRATION TO CONSOLIDATE LINES
OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION BETWEEN BISHOPS KEIZER AND SHELTON 
DONE JUNE 17, 2012, IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.
Bishop Plummer joined us from Tennessee and Bishop Devlin from Boston.
On my right in the photo is Bishop-Abbot David. 
All the rest are Deacons and new Priests.
 
 

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