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Dionysius of Alexandria
Post-Apostolic Church
INTRO
Dionysius of Alexandria was an overseer in Alexandria , Egypt
LIFE
Dionysus was born into a wealthy pagan
family. He was converted at an older age
and was a student of Origen. Origen's student Heraclas took
over the catechetical school after him.
Dionysius took over the school after Heraclas and taught in that role
for 15 years.
When the severe persecutions under Emperor
Decius broke out, Dionysus was arrested.
But before he was to be killed, a group of Christians freed him and he
fled from Alexandria
WORKS
Most of his works were letters he wrote to
other Christians throughout the Roman Empire .
About
the nature of God, Dionysius wrote,
There certainly was
not a time when God was not the Father.
Indeed, neither... did God afterwards beget the Son because the Son has
existence not from Himself but from the Father.... God is the eternal Light, which has neither
had a beginning, nor will ever fail.
Therefore the eternal Brightness [Son] shines forth before Him [Father]
and co-exists with Him [Father], in that, existing without a beginning and
always begotten, He [Son] always shines before Him [Father].... Therefore, since the Father is eternal, the Son
also is eternal, Light of Light....
Then, since God is the Light, Christ is the Brightness. (Dionysius of Alexandria
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