Dionysius


Dionysius of Alexandria

A pupil of Origen.

He indicates that while the Western church accepted the book of Revelation from the first, its position in the East was variable. In the case of the letter to the Hebrews, the situation was reversed. It proved to be more insecure in the West than in the East. When it comes to other contested books, among the so-called "Catholic Epistles" Dionysius supports James and 2 John and 3 John but not 2 Peter or Jude. In other words, even at the end of the third century, there was the came lack of finality about the canon as at its beginning.

(The Origin of the Bible: Newly Updated by F. F. Bruce, J. I. Packer, Philip W. Comfort, and Carl F. H. Henry, 2020. The Canon of the New Testament by Milton C. Fisher, Pages 73.)