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Epistle to Dionysius Bishop of Rome

Dionysius of Alexandria

Section 10

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Author: Dionysius of Alexandria

10. But if any quibbler, from the fact

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that

I

said

that

God

is

the

Maker

and

Creator

of

all

things

,

thinks

that

I

said

that

He

is

also

Creator

of

Christ

,

let

him

observe

that

I

first

called

Him

Father

,

in

which

word

the

Son

also

is

at

the

same

time

expressed

.

For

after

I

called

the

Father

the

Creator

,

I

added

,

Neither

is

He

the

Father

of

those

things

whereof

He

is

Creator

,

if

He

who

begot

is

properly

understood

to

be

a

Father

(

for

we

will

consider

the

latitude

of

this

word

Father

in

what

follows

)

.

Nor

is

a

maker

a

father

,

if

it

is

only

a

framer

who

is

called

a

maker

.

For

among

the

Greeks

,

they

who

are

wise

are

said

to

be

makers

of

their

books

.

The

apostle

also

says

,

“

a

doer

(

scil

.

maker

)

of

the

law

.

”

Moreover

,

of

matters

of

the

heart

,

of

which

kind

are

virtue

and

vice

,

men

are

called

doers

(

scil

.

makers

)

;

after

which

manner

God

said

,

“

I

expected

that

it

should

make

judgment

,

but

it

made

iniquity

.

”

Notes

1
Ibid., 4. 20.
2
Rom. ii. 13; James iv. 12. The Greek word ποιητής meaning either maker or doer, causes the ambiguity here and below.
3
Isa. v. 7.