Extant fragments.

 Containing various sections of the works.

 The works of dionysius.

 From the books on nature.

 Ii.—from the books on nature.

 Ii. a refutation of this dogma on the ground of familiar human analogies.

 Iii. a refutation on the ground of the constitution of the universe.

 Iv. a refutation of the same on the grounds of the human constitution.

 V. that to work is not a matter of pain and weariness to god.

 Iii.—from the books against sabellius. on the notion that matter is ungenerated.

 Epistle to dionysius bishop of rome.

 Iv.—epistle to dionysius bishop of rome.

 From the same first book.

 From the same first book.

 From the second book.

 From the same second book.

 From the same second book.

 From the third book.

 From the fourth book.

 About the middle of the treatise.

 And again:

 The conclusion of the entire treatise.

 The epistle to bishop basilides.

 V.—the epistle to bishop basilides.

 Canon ii.

 Canon iii.

 Canon iv.

 Containing epistles, or fragments of epistles.

 Part ii.—containing epistles, or fragments of epistles.

 Epistle ii.—to novatus.

 Epistle iii.—to fabius, bishop of antioch.

 Epistle iv.—to cornelius the roman bishop.

 Epistle v.—which is the first on the subject of baptism addressed to stephen, bishop of rome.

 Epistle vi.—to sixtus, bishop.

 Epistle vii.—to philemon, a presbyter.

 Epistle viii.—to dionysius.

 Epistle ix.—to sixtus ii.

 Epistle x.—against bishop germanus.

 Epistle xi.—to hermammon.

 Epistle xii.—to the alexandrians.

 Epistle xiii.—to hierax, a bishop in egypt.

 Epistle xiv.—from his fourth festival epistle.

 Elucidations.

The Conclusion of the Entire Treatise.

16. In accordance with all these things, the form, moreover, and rule being received from the elders who have lived before us, we also, with a voice in accordance with them, will both acquit ourselves of thanks to you, and of the letter which we are now writing. And to God the Father, and His Son our Lord Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.134 Of the work itself Athanasius thus speaks: Finally, Dionysius complains that his accusers do not quote his opinions in their integrity, but mutilated, and that they do not speak out of a good conscience, but for evil inclination; and he says that they are like those who cavilled at the epistles of the blessed apostle. Certainly he meets the individual words of his accusers, and gives a solution to all their arguments; and as in those earlier writings of his he confuted Sabellius most evidently, so in these later ones he entirely declares his own pious faith. [Conf. Hermas, vol. iii. p. 15, note 7, with note 2, supra.]