The letters treat persecution, the lapsed, the date of Easter, and how to speak of the Son. They are a bishop’s correspondence from the decades before Nicaea.
Dionysius
Third-century bishops
The Dionysius collection gathers letters and fragments from third-century bishops, above all Dionysius of Alexandria, a student of Origen. Related pieces from Rome and elsewhere sit with them.
- Dates
- fl. 3rd c.
- Role
- Third-century bishops
- See
- Various