Theonas of Alexandria
3rd century · AD 300 · Early Fathers (before Nicaea) · 8 passages
Background on Theonas of Alexandria
In his own words on 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians 9:25
Be clothed with patience and courtesy; be replenished with the virtues and the hope of Christ. Bear all things for the sake of your Creator Himself; endure all things; overcome and get above all things, that ye may win Christ the Lord. Great are these duties, and full of painstaking. But he that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things; and they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
The Epistle of Theonas, Bishop of Alexandria, to Lucianus, the Chief Chamberlain
Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.