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Little is known of the life of EleutheriusSe cunosc puține lucruri despre viața sfântului Elefterie. Of Greek background, his name is Greek for "frank, honest, free spirited". He was born in the [[Nicopolis]] in Epirus. He was a [[diacon]] in the [[Biserica Romei]] under Bishops [[Anicet al Romei|Anicetus]] and [[Soter al Romei|Soter]] of Rome.

Chosen to succeed Bp. Soter, Eleutherius is remembered mainly for his relations with the [[Montanism|Montanist]] movement. As Orthodox Christian theology was still being defined at the time, its nature did not diverge so much from the [[orthodoxy]] of the time for it to be initially labeled [[erezie]]. When the Church took a firm stand against Montanism is uncertain. While some conciliatory letters to the Montanists were sent by a Roman bishop, possibly Bp. Eleutherius, these letters were later recalled according to [[TertullianTertulian]]. The authenticity of an edict, ascribed to Bp. Eleutherius, against the Gnostics and Montanists by the Roman ''Liber Pontificalis'' has been questioned as a later edit of the "Liber".

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