His Family and Earlier Life

His Conversion

Was He Married or Not?

He becomes Head of the Catechetical School

He becomes Bishop of Alexandria

Under the Persecution of Decius

His Action about Heretical Baptism

Under the Persecution of Valerian

Restoration of Peace

His Return to Alexandria

The Troubles Connected with his Protest against Sabellianism

Dionysius’s Last Days

Dionysius as Author

As Christian Philosopher

General Characteristics of his Writings

Dionysius as Interpreter of Scripture

His Place in the Church Kalendar

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

To Fabian, Bishop of Antioch (Eus., H. E. vi. 41, 42, and 44)

To Germanus a Bishop (Eus., H. E. vi. 40 and vii. 11)

(To Novatian) (Eus., H. E. vi. 45)

To Cornelius, Bishop of Rome, in Reply to a Letter from him about Novatian (circ. 253)

To Stephanus, Bishop of Rome (Eus., H. E. vii. 4 and 5) (The First of the Epistles about Baptism)

To Xystus (or Sixtus) II[80] (Eus., H. E. vii. 5, 3-6) (The second on the same subject)

To Philemon (Eus., H. E. vii. 7) (The third on the same subject)

To Dionysius of Rome (Eus., H. E. vii. 7, 6 and 8) (The fourth letter on Baptism)

To Xystus (Sixtus) II, Bishop of Rome (Eus., H. E. vii. 9) (The fifth about Baptism)

To Conon[106] (Pitra, Spic. Sol. i. 15, from a Bodl. MS. dated 1062)

From the Writings about Repentance (Mai, Class. Auct. x. 484, from a Vat. MS.)

To Domitius and Didymus (Eus., H. E. vii. 11) (Part of an Easter Letter)

To Hermammon (Eus., H. E. vii. 1, 10, 23) (Part of another Easter Letter)

To the Brethren in Alexandria (Eus., H. E. vii. 22) (Part of another Easter Letter)

To Hierax an Egyptian Bishop (Eus., H. E. vii. 21) (Part of another Easter Letter)

(From another Easter Letter)

To Basilides, Bishop of the Churches in the Pentapolis (Cyrenaica)

“On the Promises” (Eus., H. E. vii. 24 and 25)

“On Nature” (Eus., Præp. Evang. xiv. 23-7)

“Refutation and Defence” (Eus., Præp. Evang. vii. 19)

SERIES I.—GREEK TEXTS.

SERIES II.—LATIN TEXTS.

SERIES III.—LITURGICAL TEXTS. Edited by C. L. FELTOE, D.D.