Summary of Letters

He sent letters to the resident aliens in Crete, and receives Philip as their bishop, while the great courage of the church under him is being testified; he reminds them to guard against the perversion of the heretics.

And regarding the church residing in Amastris, he sent letters to them by way of Pontus, and he remembers having urged Bakchylides and Elpis to write to him; he sets forth explanations of divine writings; he marks out Palman as their bishop; and he advises the same people much concerning marriage and chastity. He also commands that those who are turning back from whatever fall, whether from fault or from heretical error, should be received.

By these means another letter was sent toward the Knossians, in which he exhorts Pinutos, the bishop of the resident aliens, not to always lay the heavy burden of chastity upon the brothers, but to observe the weakness of the many.

And another letter of Dionysius is brought alongside these, having been sent to a most faithful sister, Chrysophoros. In which, by writing the appropriate things, she also shared in the logical food that was fitting for her.