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XLVI. Tαῦτα καὶ πρὸς τὸν Νοουάτον· γράφει δὲ καὶ τοῖς κατ᾿ Αἴγυπτον ἐπιστολὴν περὶ μετανοίας ἐν ἦ τὰ δόξαντα αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν ὑποπεπτωκότων παρατέθειται, τάξεις παραπτωμάτων διαγράψας. καὶ πρὸς Κόλωνα (τῆς Ἑρμουπολιτῶν δὲ παροικίας ἐπίακοπος ἦν οὗτος〉 ἰδία τις περὶ μετανοίας αὐτοῦ φέρεται γραφὴ καὶ ἄλλη ἐπιατρεπτικὴ πρὸς τὸ κατ᾿ Ἀλεξάνδρειαν αὐτοῦ ποίμνιον. ἐν τούτοις ἐατὶν καὶ ἡ περὶ μαρτυρίου πρὸς τὸν Ὠριγένην γραφεῖσα· καὶ τοῖς κατὰ Λαοδίκειαν ἀδελφοῖς, ὧν προΐστατο Θηλυμίδρης ἐπίσκοπος, καὶ τοῖς κατὰ Ἀρμενίαν ὡσαύτως περὶ μετανοίας ἐπιατέλλει, ὧν ἐπεσκόπευεν Μερουζάνη. πρὸς ἅπασι τούτοις καὶ Κορνηλίῳ τῷ κατὰ ῾Ρώμην γράφει, δεξάμενος αὐτοῦ τὴν κατὰ τοῦ Νοουάτου ἐπιστολήν, ᾧ καὶ αημαίνει δηλῶν ἑαυτὸν παρακεκλῆσθαι ὑπό τε Ἑλένου τοῦ ἐν Tαραῷ τῆς Κιλικίας ἐπισκόπου καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν τῶν σὺν αὐτῶ Φιρμιλιανοῦ τε τοῦ ἐν Καππαδοκίᾳ καὶ τοῦ κατὰ Παλαιστίνην Θεοκτίστου, ὡς ἂν ἐπὶ τὴν σύνοδον ἀπαντήσοι τὴν κατὰ ᾿Αντιόχειαν, ἔνθα τοῦ κρατύνειν τινὲς ἐνεχείρουν τὸ σχίσμα. πρὸς τούτοις ἐπιστέλλει μηνυθῆναι αὐτῷ Φάβιον μὲν κεκοιμῆσθαι, Δημητριανὸν δὲ διάδοχον ἐκείνου τῆς κατ’ Ἀντιόχειαν ἐπισκοπῆς καθεστάναι· γράφει δὲ καὶ περὶ τοῦ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις αὐτοῖς ῥήμασιν φάσκων· “ὁ μὲν γὰρ θαυμάσιος Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν φρουρᾷ γενόμενος, μακαρίως ἀνεπαύσατο.”
XLVI. This also he wrote to Novatus. And he wrote also to the Egyptians a letter on Repentance, in which he has set forth his opinions with reference to those who had fallen, outlining degrees of failures. And to Colon (he was bishop of the community of the Hermopolitans) a personal letter of his is extant On Repentance, and another in the nature of a rebuke to his flock at Alexandria. Among these there is also the one written to the brethren at Laodicea, over whom Thelymidres presided as bishop; and he wrote to those in Armenia, likewise On Repentance, whose bishop was Meruzanes. In addition to all these he wrote also to Cornelius of Rome, when he received his letter against Novatus, in which also he clearly indicates that he had been invited by Helenus, bishop at Tarsus in Cilicia, and the others with him, Firmilian in Cappadocia and Theoctistus in Palestine, to attend the synod at Antioch, where certain were attempting to strengthen the schism. Moreover he writes that he had received information that Fabius had fallen asleep, and that Demetrian was appointed his successor in the episcopate of Antioch. And he writes also with reference to the bishop of Jerusalem, saying in these very words: “For the wonderful Alexander, being put in prison, happily entered into his rest.”