The Collected Works of Pseudo-Dionysius

...and through you, let [grace] be poured out in length and breadth, so that you may be worthy to hear from the Lord, as a faithful servant:

"Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will set you over many; enter into the joy of your Lord." This is a direct quotation of the "Parable of the Talents" from the Gospel of Matthew 25:21.

And the companions of Saint Dionysius were Saturninus, Marcellus, and Lucian. These men were with him so that "from the mouth of two and three witnesses" A reference to the biblical legal requirement for testimony found in Deuteronomy and the Gospels. the faith of the Christians might be handed down to the regions that remained in ignorance.

t As these men gathered together and journeyed, they came to the harbor of Arles Arilade original: "ἀριλαδὴ" (Ariladē), a Greek rendering of "Arelate," the Roman name for the city of Arles in southern France. of the city.

t Then Saint Dionysius sent Marcellus to Spain Hispania so that he might set the word of life before the churches of Christ. But Saint Dionysius himself, set on fire by the warmth of the Holy Spirit and filled with apostolic authority, distributed in faith to all the Western regions those divine oracles which he had received from the Holy Spirit along with Saint Clement Klēmenti This refers to Pope Clement I of Rome, who, according to tradition, sent Dionysius to evangelize Gaul. for the sake of all the nations.

t Not fearing the cruelty of the inexperienced nations there, nor being afraid of the impieties of the people, he went forth to the preaching. He was strengthened in spirit by the blessed leader of the apostles Saint Peter. who had been in Rome Rhōmē and who was given to the unbelievers for their correction. And when he returned from Gaul Gallia, having more widely learned how the ancient state of that land was inflamed with pagan customs, he was then instructed by divine protection with power...