Of Saint Dionysius

...built from their departure original: "ἐξόδου" (exodou), referring here to their death or "exodus" from this life.; and having found a harbor of salvation, they rejoiced that the shipwrecks of the idols were destroyed. Therefore, the portion belonging to the devil mourned when the victorious church of the legions of the faithful triumphed. When these things took place, the servants of the state, ignited by the cruelty of an unholy wrath, saw one of these men—the holy Dionysius, who had dared [to act] with great heart and faith. Approaching him, they said: "Are you not that nameless old man who emptied the reverence of our gods, and stood against the invincible rulers, and cast away their decrees? Or now, whose servant do you claim to be, or what confession of your own authority do you proclaim?"

Then, thereafter, these thrice-blessed men—Dionysius, Rusticus, and Eleutherius—filled with the Spirit and with spiritual gifts, just like the three children who walked in the furnace of fire A reference to the Biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Daniel 3), who survived the fiery furnace through faith., gave this answer to those looking on as if from a single mouth: "Our servitude is known by the law of Christians, yet it is a devoted service. Whomever it is we confess, we ring it out clearly in your ears. For we confess and we preach, even as we believe: in the Father, and Jesus, and the Holy Spirit; the unbegotten Father, Jesus begotten of the Father alone, and the Holy Spirit original: "πνᾱ" (pneuma), written as a nomen sacrum (sacred abbreviation). proceeding from the Father original: "πρς" (patros), written as a nomen sacrum.."

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In response to these things, the unholy persecutors and tyrants questioned the blessed ones, who uttered such things to the saints...