Ceiphas Kalpus Cippah
Ceiphas, Kalpus and Cippah in Jewish tradition (especially the Teliya) are the names of three Simons who were instrumental in organizing what the Notzrim called "Pavlut (פאולוט)" -the only known historical and halakhically valid Meshikhist form of Gentile Judaism- using Ishmaelim in a Kiruv for Notzrim. These Jewish-Patriarchs of the Ishmaelim were the first Stylites who are described as either living in Minarets or teaching from Minbars and were instrumental in forming the Miaphysite Church.
Ceiphas flourished between about 30CE-56CE. He is often confused with Jude-Thaddeus who broke Helen of Adiabene's belief in Ben Stada (the 1st Beast) through an airborne showdown with him which is remembered in both Jewish and Christian tradition.
Kalpus, also known as Hakham Elijah (חכם אליהו), was appointed by the Sages of Jacob to approach Esau and organize Ishmael's Edah in 86CE as its first Jewish Patriarch. He became a friend of Antoninus before he died. He is accredited with gathering the teachings of John, Peter and Paul into the Evangelion which Rashi defended as written by Jews who "purposely infected their culture in order to sway the Christian faith away from Judaization. They themselves were not heretics and did so for the benefit of the Jewish people, as written in the Teliya". Rashi also warned against calling him "the Abomination of Rome".
Cippah also known as and Peter Hamor (also by scribal error שמעון כיפר) operated as the last-known Patriarch of the Ishmaelim some time between 224CE and 426CE at a time when a Judaizing sect went out from the Ishmaelim criticising Pavlut and taking their own approach on how to deal with the Notzrim. The Notzrim approached Cippah for help which he agreed to on the condition that the Notzrim stop attacking the Jews. The fast of 9th Tevet was established to remember him by.
The Miaphysite movement that Ceiphas, Kalpus and Cippah promoted, grew to fight (under the leadership of Amr al-As) against Nestorian Monothelitism in the 7th century before being oppressed by Abbasidism (the 2nd Beast) in the 8th century. Nevertheless, Pavlut survived in Europe under the guidance of people like Rashi, the Tosafists, the Hassidei Ashkenaz, Jacob Emden and Eliyahu Soloveitchik as well as in Armenia and in Africa as certain African Independent Churches.
