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Extant Fragments of Dionysius of Alexandria

St. Dionysius of Alexandria · c. 250–265 AD

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Ante-Nicene

Surviving fragments from Dionysius's letters and doctrinal writings preserved in later ecclesiastical quotations.

Table of Contents

1From the Two Books on the Promises2In Opposition to Those of the School of Epicurus Who Deny the Existence of a Providence, and Refer the Constitution of the Universe to Atomic Bodies3A Refutation of This Dogma on the Ground of Familiar Human Analogies4A Refutation on the Ground of the Constitution of the Universe5A Refutation of the Same on the Grounds of the Human Constitution6That to Work is Not a Matter of Pain and Weariness to God7From the Books Against Sabellius. On the Notion that Matter is Ungenerated8From the First Book9From the Same First Book10From the Same First Book11From the Second Book12From the Same Second Book13From the Same Second Book14From the Third Book15From the Fourth Book16About the Middle of the Treatise17And Again:18The Conclusion of the Entire Treatise19Canon I20Canon II21Canon III22Canon IV23To Domitius and Didymus24To Novatus25To Fabius, Bishop of Antioch26To Cornelius the Roman Bishop27Which is the First on the Subject of Baptism Addressed to Stephen, Bishop of Rome28To Sixtus, Bishop29To Philemon, a Presbyter30To Dionysius31To Sixtus II32Against Bishop Germanus33To Hermammon34To the Alexandrians35To Hierax, a Bishop in Egypt36From His Fourth Festival Epistle