There has been a lot of fights over authority in Christian History. Popes vs Patriarchs. Kings and Emperors vs Bishops. Catholics vs Protestants. It goes on. In these fights of authority, someone may have be able to hit some ugly curses. Someone was like a blind man in a china shop, and just broke everything, and ended up with seven years bad luck.....but way worse. The focus here is on "What happened in the early Church." Also, avoiding ugly curses.
In Pagan Rome, Patricians, and well-to-do people, they would send their children to a pagan cult for promotions and blessings. Being a priest may have been an important role. Christianity comes along, and there are Bishops. A Bishop has authority. That makes the position or role of bishop, or priest of a Church, something coveted.
There may have been prophets of the Early Church.
1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.(Acts 13:1-2)
The function of a prophet may have been as a Seer and watchdog, or sheepdog of the flock. He may have been the standards keeper. Given the wrong men ended up in authority.......the prophet may have been the first to go.
Some men, they are naturally charismatic, and they may have told people what they wanted to hear. Even during Apostle Paul's time, he was fighting false teachers. Christians are to be vigilant. If they were not vigilant, they were prey.
In these wars of authority, a lot of curses ended up around particular Bishops and Patriarchs. I would never say anything bad about some particular Patriarchs of Alexandria. That would hit a curse. I sense or discern these things through God, and naturally dodge them. I may be able to point out that Alexandria knew God's Judgment of War, Famine, and Plague. Alexandria as a Holy See, it never recovered after the Rome vs Persia epic slugfest, and then the Muslim invasions. Something wrong was done around the Holy See of Alexandria, and there was no repentance.
In the Old Testament, there Good Kings of Israel and Bad Kings. There was an Anointing of the King of Israel or Anointing of the King of Judah. It didn't matter if they were good or bad. They still were anointed of God. In a similar way, there may have been good or bad Bishops. There may have been authority in the position and the anointing.
We can talk bad about the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury. The position or anointing doesn't exist anymore. It cannot be gained by a female. Authority doesn't work that. (1 Corinthians 11:3) Authority works in particular ways. You should be very careful talking about the early Church Fathers.
A Christian should be abiding in Christ, being shepherded by God. There is authority there.
I am not a Catholic, nor have ever been. In building the Kingdom of God, at some point in the future there needs to be Synod where some issues are worked out, and Christianity comes back together. Through a Tribulation, those who are spirit filled, and obedient to God may stand out. It may be that those are the people that end up at the synod.
Some Protestants hate the Catholic Church, and they like to claim authority by saying that they are closer to the Early Church. I don't hate the Catholic Church. I would like to be right in God. Being wrong carries heavy consequences. It is a life and death thing. The emphasis should be on building the Kingdom of God. In building the Kingdom of God, there may be a regathering of the flock.
Addendum -
I am picking up something about Polycarp. Even if someone can prove something.......there still may have been particular curses. Someone with authority placed them there.
That was a long time ago. It does matter. That is more an issue to be discussed in a Synod that has authority to discuss such topics, discussed with like minded Christians.
Question: Were there called prophets in 2000 some years of Christian history?
Yes.
God does nothing without his servants the prophets. (Amos 3:6-7) A lot of them may have ended up a hermit, or cloistered.....or dead in a ditch somewhere and forgotten by history. In the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, especially after Constantine, a law abiding Christian would have a hard time challenging authority.
It isn't just being a prophet. Given someone was in theosis, and grew in faith past a certain point, he may have had a hard time being out in The World. That may be any man.
Question: If you were going to show that there was something off or wrong around The Holy See of Alexandria, what would you show?
In 2026, there are rioters and protestors. They have often been of a particular spirit, and in group think. There may be a Form to what they are doing. They are getting more and more out of control.
Alexandria was known for having rioters and protesters. What spirit were they of? Hypatia was murdered by a mob of Christians. Were they acting like Christians were supposed to act, or were they in group think, in wrath, looking for revenge? The mobs in 2026 are pretty close to that. Democratic Politicians have been shepherding them towards violence, and Republicans sort of fight back. Pretty weak. Republicans use their words more like kids in a pool with those pool noodles.
Given there was a War, Famine, and Plague event, there may have been wrong doing by whomever was in authority at the time. We may be able to go back three or four generations to find the start of something. A generation to God is 40 years. A man around 20 was in a career, and possibly had a few children. In 20 more years, those children were old enough to have children. One generation is 40 years. This math has done well with finding things in timelines and history.