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Epistle to Dionysius Bishop of Rome

Dionysius of Alexandria

Section 8

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Author: Dionysius of Alexandria

8. The individual names uttered by me can neither

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be

separated

from

one

another

,

nor

parted

.

I

spoke

of

the

Father

,

and

before

I

made

mention

of

the

Son

I

already

signified

Him

in

the

Father

.

I

added

the

Son

;

and

the

Father

,

even

although

I

had

not

previously

named

Him

,

had

already

been

absolutely

comprehended

in

the

Son

.

I

added

the

Holy

Spirit

;

but

,

at

the

same

time

,

I

conveyed

under

the

name

whence

and

by

whom

He

proceeded

.

But

they

are

ignorant

that

neither

the

Father

,

in

that

He

is

Father

,

can

be

separated

from

the

Son

,

for

that

name

is

the

evident

ground

of

coherence

and

conjunction

;

nor

can

the

Son

be

separated

from

the

Father

,

for

this

word

Father

indicates

association

between

them

.

And

there

is

,

moreover

,

evident

a

Spirit

who

can

neither

be

disjoined

from

Him

who

sends

,

nor

from

Him

who

brings

Him

.

How

,

then

,

should

I

who

use

such

names

think

that

these

are

absolutely

divided

and

separated

the

one

from

the

other

?

Notes

1
Ex Athan., Ep. de decret. Nic. Syn., 4. 17.