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of peace in the Lord, I pray.” This also to Novatus. He also wrote an epistle on repentance to those in Egypt, in which he sets forth what he had decided about those who had fallen, having described the classes of offenses. 6.46.2 And to Colon—he was bishop of the parish of Hermopolis—there is a separate writing of his on repentance, and another hortatory letter to his own flock at Alexandria. Among these is also the one written to Origen on martyrdom; and to the brethren in Laodicea, over whom Thelymidres presided as bishop, he likewise writes an epistle on repentance to those in Armenia, whom Meruzanes oversaw as bishop. 6.46.3 In addition to all these, he writes also to Cornelius of Rome, having received his letter against Novatus, to whom he also indicates, declaring that he had been requested by Helenus, the bishop in Tarsus of Cilicia, and the rest with him, Firmilianus in Cappadocia and Theoctistus in Palestine, to come to the synod at Antioch, where some were attempting to establish the schism of Novatus. 6.46.4 In addition to this he writes that it was reported to him that Fabius had fallen asleep, and that Demetrianus had been appointed successor to the episcopate of Antioch; he also writes about the one in Jerusalem, saying in these very words: “For the wonderful Alexander, being in prison, blessedly fell asleep.” 6.46.5 After this, another letter of Dionysius to those in Rome is extant, a diaconal one through Hippolytus. He also composed another for the same people on peace, and likewise on repentance, and again another to the confessors there, who still held to the opinion of Novatus. And he wrote two other letters to these same people after they had returned to the Church. And having communicated in like manner through letters with many others, he has left varied benefits for those who even now take pains with his writings. 7.pin.t G The seventh book of the Ecclesiastical History also contains the following: 7.pin.1 A On the wickedness of Decius and Gallus. B The bishops of the Romans at that time. C How Cyprian with the bishops with him first decreed that those turning from heretical error must be purified by baptism. D How many epistles Dionysius composed on this subject. E On the peace after the persecution. On the heresy of Sabellius. G On the utterly abominable error of the heretics and the God-sent vision of Dionysius and the ecclesiastical canon he received. H On the heterodoxy of Novatus. I On the godless baptism of the heretics. J On Valerian and the persecution under him. K Concerning the events that happened then to Dionysius and those in Egypt. L Concerning those who were martyred in Caesarea of Palestine. M On the peace under Gallienus. N The bishops who flourished at that time. O How Marinus was martyred at Caesarea. P The story concerning Astyrius. Q Concerning the signs of our Savior's mighty work at Paneas. R On the throne of James. S On the festal epistles of Dionysius, in which he also makes a canon concerning Easter. T On the events in Alexandria. U On the plague that attacked. V On the reign of Gallienus. W On Nepos and the schism under him. X On the Apocalypse of John. Y On the epistles of Dionysius. Z On Paul of Samosata and the heresy established by him in Antioch. AA On the distinguished bishops known at that time. AB How Paul, having been refuted, was excommunicated. AC On the heterodox perversion of the Manicheans which had just then begun. AD On the ecclesiastical men who distinguished themselves in our own times, and which of them remained until the siege of the churches. The seventh book of the ecclesiastical history the great bishop of the Alexandrians, Dionysius, will again help us write in his own words, through the epistles which he has left, relating each of the events of his time in part.

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τῆς εἰρήνης ἐν κυρίῳ, εὔχομαι». Ταῦτα καὶ πρὸς τὸν Νοουάτον. γράφει δὲ καὶ τοῖς κατ' Αἴγυπτον ἐπιστολὴν περὶ μετανοίας, ἐν ᾗ τὰ δόξαντα αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν ὑποπεπτωκότων παρατέθειται, τάξεις παραπτωμάτων διαγράψας. 6.46.2 καὶ πρὸς Κόλωνα τῆς Ἑρμουπολιτῶν δὲ παροικίας ἐπίσκοπος ἦν οὗτος ἰδία τις περὶ μετανοίας αὐτοῦ φέρεται γραφὴ καὶ ἄλλη ἐπιστρεπτικὴ πρὸς τὸ κατ' Ἀλεξάνδρειαν αὐτοῦ ποίμνιον. ἐν τούτοις ἐστὶν καὶ ἡ περὶ μαρτυρίου πρὸς τὸν Ὠριγένην γραφεῖσα· καὶ τοῖς κατὰ Λαοδίκειαν ἀδελφοῖς, ὧν προΐστατο Θηλυμίδρης ἐπίσκοπος, καὶ τοῖς κατὰ Ἀρμενίαν ὡσαύτως περὶ μετανοίας ἐπιστέλλει, ὧν ἐπεσκόπευεν Μερουζάνης. 6.46.3 πρὸς ἅπασι τούτοις καὶ Κορνηλίῳ τῷ κατὰ Ῥώμην γράφει, δεξάμενος αὐτοῦ τὴν κατὰ τοῦ Νοουάτου ἐπιστολήν, ᾧ καὶ σημαίνει δηλῶν ἑαυτὸν παρακεκλῆσθαι ὑπό τε Ἑλένου τοῦ ἐν Ταρσῷ τῆς Κιλικίας ἐπισκόπου καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ Φιρμιλιανοῦ τε τοῦ ἐν Καππαδοκίᾳ καὶ τοῦ κατὰ Παλαιστίνην Θεοκτίστου, ὡς ἂν ἐπὶ τὴν σύνοδον ἀπαντήσοι τὴν κατὰ Ἀντιόχειαν, ἔνθα τοῦ Νοουάτου κρατύνειν τινὲς ἐνεχείρουν τὸ σχίσμα. 6.46.4 πρὸς τούτοις ἐπιστέλλει μηνυθῆναι αὐτῷ Φάβιον μὲν κεκοιμῆσθαι, ∆ημητριανὸν δὲ διάδοχον ἐκείνου τῆς κατ' Ἀντιόχειαν ἐπισκοπῆς καθεστάναι· γράφει δὲ καὶ περὶ τοῦ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις αὐτοῖς ῥήμασιν φάσκων· «ὁ μὲν γὰρ θαυμάσιος Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν φρουρᾷ γενόμενος, μακαρίως ἀνεπαύσατο». 6.46.5 ἑξῆς ταύτῃ καὶ ἑτέρα τις ἐπιστολὴ τοῖς ἐν Ῥώμῃ τοῦ ∆ιονυσίου φέρεται διακονικὴ διὰ Ἱππολύτου· τοῖς αὐτοῖς δὲ ἄλλην περὶ εἰρήνης διατυποῦται, καὶ ὡσαύτως περὶ μετανοίας, καὶ αὖ πάλιν ἄλλην τοῖς ἐκεῖσε ὁμολογηταῖς, ἔτι τῇ τοῦ Νοουάτου συμφερομένοις γνώμῃ· τοῖς δὲ αὐτοῖς τούτοις ἑτέρας δύο, μεταθεμένοις ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, ἐπιστέλλει, καὶ ἄλλοις δὲ πλείοσιν ὁμοίως διὰ γραμμάτων ὁμιλήσας, ποικίλας τοῖς ἔτι νῦν σπουδὴν περὶ τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ ποιουμένοις καταλέλοιπεν ὠφελείας. 7.pin.t Ζ Τάδε καὶ ἡ ἑβδόμη περιέχει βίβλος τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ἱστορίασ 7.pin.1 Α Περὶ τῆς ∆εκίου καὶ Γάλλου κακοτροπίας. Β Οἱ κατὰ τούσδε Ῥωμαίων ἐπίσκοποι. Γ Ὅπως Κυπριανὸς ἅμα τοῖς κατ' αὐτὸν ἐπισκόποις τοὺς ἐξ αἱρετικῆς πλάνης ἐπιστρέφοντας λουτρῷ δεῖν καθαίρειν πρῶτος ἐδογμάτισεν. ∆ Ὁπόσας περὶ τούτου ∆ιονύσιος συνέταξεν ἐπιστολάς. Ε Περὶ τῆς μετὰ τὸν διωγμὸν εἰρήνης. Περὶ τῆς κατὰ Σαβέλλιον αἱρέσεως. Ζ Περὶ τῆς τῶν αἱρετικῶν παμμιάρου πλάνης καὶ τῆς θεοπόμπου ὁράσεως ∆ιονυσίου οὗ τε παρείληφεν ἐκκλησιαστικοῦ κανόνος. Η Περὶ τῆς κατὰ Νοουάτον ἑτεροδοξίας. Θ Περὶ τοῦ τῶν αἱρετικῶν ἀθέου βαπτίσματος. Ι Περὶ Οὐαλεριανοῦ καὶ τοῦ κατ' αὐτὸν διωγμοῦ. ΙΑ Περὶ τῶν τότε ∆ιονυσίῳ καὶ τοῖς κατ' Αἴγυπτον συμβάντων. ΙΒ Περὶ τῶν ἐν Καισαρείᾳ τῆς Παλαιστίνης μαρτυρησάντων. ΙΓ Περὶ τῆς κατὰ Γαλλιῆνον εἰρήνης. Ι∆ Οἱ κατ' ἐκεῖνο συνηκμακότες ἐπίσκοποι. ΙΕ Ὅπως κατὰ Καισάρειαν Μαρῖνος ἐμαρτύρησεν. Ι Ἡ κατὰ Ἀστύριον ἱστορία. ΙΖ Περὶ τῶν κατὰ Πανεάδα σημείων τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν μεγαλουργίας. ΙΗ Περὶ τοῦ θρόνου Ἰακώβου. ΙΘ Περὶ τῶν ἑορταστικῶν ∆ιονυσίου ἐπιστολῶν, ἔνθα καὶ περὶ τοῦ πάσχα κανονίζει. Κ Περὶ τῶν ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ συμβάντων. ΚΑ Περὶ τῆς ἐπισκηψάσης νόσου. ΚΒ Περὶ τῆς Γαλλιήνου βασιλείας. ΚΓ Περὶ Νέπωτος καὶ τοῦ κατ' αὐτὸν σχίσματος. Κ∆ Περὶ τῆς Ἰωάννου ἀποκαλύψεως. ΚΕ Περὶ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν ∆ιονυσίου. Κ Περὶ Παύλου τοῦ Σαμοσατέως καὶ τῆς ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ συστάσης ὑπ' αὐτοῦ αἱρέσεως. ΚΖ Περὶ τῶν τότε γνωριζομένων διαφανῶν ἐπισκόπων. ΚΗ Ὅπως ὁ Παῦλος ἀπελεγχθεὶς ἐξεκηρύχθη. ΚΘ Περὶ τῆς τῶν Μανιχαίων ἑτεροδόξου διαστροφῆς ἄρτι τότε ἀρξαμένης. Λ Περὶ τῶν καθ' ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς διαπρεψάντων ἐκκλησιαστικῶν ἀνδρῶν τίνες τε αὐτῶν μέχρι τῆς τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν πολιορκίας διέμειναν. Τὸν ἕβδομον τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ἱστορίας αὖθις ὁ μέγας ἡμῖν Ἀλεξανδρέων ἐπίσκοπος ∆ιονύσιος ἰδίαις φωναῖς συνεκπονήσει, τῶν καθ' ἑαυτὸν πεπραγμένων ἕκαστα ἐν μέρει δι' ὧν καταλέλοιπεν ἐπιστολῶν