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Works Dionysius of Alexandria Epistula (festalis) ad Hermammonem To Hermammon

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But Gallus did not understand the wickedness of Decius, nor did he note beforehand what it was that wrought his ruin. But he stumbled at the very stone which was lying before his eyes; for when his sovereignty was in a prosperous position, and when affairs were turning out according to his wish, 1 he oppressed those holy men who interceded with God on behalf of his peace and his welfare. And consequently, persecuting them, he persecuted also the prayers offered in his own behalf.


  1. kata noun is the reading in the Codices Maz., Med., Fuk, and Savil., and adopted by Rufinus and others. But Robertus Stephanus, from the Codex Regius, gives kata rhoun, "according to the stream," i.e., favourably. ↩

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Elucidations - Epistles of Dionysus
Introductory Note to Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria

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