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Epistle to Dionysius Bishop of Rome

Dionysius of Alexandria

Section 3

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Author: Dionysius of Alexandria

3. Being the brightness of the eternal Light,

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He

Himself

also

is

absolutely

eternal

.

For

since

light

is

always

in

existence

,

it

is

manifest

that

its

brightness

also

exists

,

because

light

is

perceived

to

exist

from

the

fact

that

it

shines

,

and

it

is

impossible

that

light

should

not

shine

.

And

let

us

once

more

come

to

illustrations

.

If

the

sun

exists

,

there

is

also

day

;

if

nothing

of

this

be

manifest

,

it

is

impossible

that

the

sun

should

be

there

.

If

then

the

sun

were

eternal

,

the

day

would

never

end

;

but

now

,

for

such

is

not

really

the

state

of

the

case

,

the

day

begins

with

the

beginning

of

the

sun

,

and

ends

with

its

ending

.

But

God

is

the

eternal

Light

,

which

has

neither

had

a

beginning

,

nor

shall

ever

fail

.

Therefore

the

eternal

brightness

shines

forth

before

Him

,

and

co

-

exists

with

Him

,

in

that

,

existing

without

a

beginning

,

and

always

begotten

,

He

always

shines

before

Him

;

and

He

is

that

Wisdom

which

says

,

“

I

was

that

wherein

He

delighted

,

and

I

was

daily

His

delight

before

His

face

at

all

times

.

”

Notes

3
Prov. viii. 30.