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From an Epistle to Origen

Alexander of Cappadocia

Salutation / Introduction

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Author: Alexander of Cappadocia

For this, as thou knowest, was the will

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of

God

,

that

the

friendship

subsisting

between

us

from

our

forefathers

should

be

maintained

unbroken

,

yea

rather

,

that

it

should

increase

in

fervency

and

strength

.

For

we

are

well

acquainted

with

those

blessed

fathers

who

have

trodden

the

course

before

us

,

and

to

whom

we

too

shall

soon

go

:

Pantænus

,

namely

,

that

man

verily

blessed

,

my

master

;

and

also

the

holy

Clement

,

who

was

once

my

master

and

my

benefactor

;

and

all

the

rest

who

may

be

like

them

,

by

whose

means

also

I

have

come

to

know

thee

,

my

lord

and

brother

,

who

excellest

all

.

Notes

2
[This contemporary tribute confirms the enthusiastic eulogy of the youthful Gregory. See p. 38, supra.]