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.

Canon II.

The question touching women in the time of their separation, whether it is proper for them when in such a condition to enter the house of God, I consider a superfluous inquiry. For I do not think that, if they are believing and pious women, they will themselves be rash enough in such a condition either to approach the holy table or to touch the body and blood of the Lord. Certainly the woman who had the issue of blood of twelve years’ standing did not touch the Lord Himself, but only the hem of His garment, with a view to her cure.161 Matt. ix. 20; Luke viii. 43. For to pray, however a person may be situated, and to remember the Lord, in whatever condition a person may be, and to offer up petitions for the obtaining of help, are exercises altogether blameless. But the individual who is not perfectly pure both in soul and in body, shall be interdicted from approaching the holy of holies.