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To Sixtus, Bishop

Dionysius of Alexandria

Section 1

About this work

Author: Dionysius of Alexandria

1. Previously, indeed, (Stephen) had written

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letters

about

Helanus

and

Firmilianus

,

and

about

all

who

were

established

throughout

Cilicia

and

Cappadocia

,

and

all

the

neighbouring

provinces

,

giving

them

to

understand

that

for

that

same

reason

he

would

depart

from

their

communion

,

because

they

rebaptized

heretics

.

And

consider

the

seriousness

of

the

matter

.

For

,

indeed

,

in

the

most

considerable

councils

of

the

bishops

,

as

I

hear

,

it

has

been

decreed

that

they

who

come

from

heresy

should

first

be

trained

in

Catholic

doctrine

,

and

then

should

be

cleansed

by

baptism

from

the

filth

of

the

old

and

impure

leaven

.

Asking

and

calling

him

to

witness

on

all

these

matters

,

I

sent

letters

.