The Writings of Dionysius - Dionysius Of Alexandria

Descriere The Writings of Dionysius - Dionysius Of Alexandria

\n[a.d. 200-265.] The great Origen had twin children in Gregory and Dionysius. Their\n \nlives ran in parallel lines, and are said to have ended on the same day; and nobly did they\n \nsustain the dignity and orthodoxy of the pre-eminent school which was soon to see its bright\n \npeculiar star in Athanasius. Dionysius is supposed to have been a native of Alexandria, of\n \nheathen parentage, and of a family possessed of wealth and honourable rank. Early in life\n \nhe seems to have been brought under the influence of certain presbyters; and a voice seemed\n \nto speak to him in a vision607 encouraging him to prove all things, and hold fast that which\n \nis good. We find him at the feet of Origen a diligent pupil, and afterwards, as a presbyter, \n \nsucceeding Heraclas (a.d. 232) as the head of the school, sitting in Origen's seat. For about\n \nfifteen years he further illuminated this illustrious chair; and then, in ripe years, about a.d.\n \n246, he succeeded Heraclas again as bishop of Alexandria, at that time, beyond all comparison, \n \nthe greatest and the most powerful See of Christendom.\n

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