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Κατὰ δὲ τὴν Ῥωμαίων πόλιν Κορνηλίου ἔτεσιν ἀμφὶ τὰ τρία τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν διανύσαντος Λούκιος κατέστη διάδοχος, μησὶ δ οὐδ ὅλοις οὑτος οὗτος ὀκτὼ τῇ Στεφάνῳ τελευτῶν μεταδίδωσι τὸν κλῆρον. τούτῳ τὴν πρώτην ὁ Διονύσιος τῶν περὶ βαπτίσματος ἐπιστολῶν διατυποῦται, ζητήματος οὐ μικροῦ τηνικάδε ἀνακινηθέντος, εἰ δέοι τοὺς ἐξ οἵας δ οὖν αἱρέσεως ἐπιστρέφοντας διὰ λουτροῦ καθαίρειν, παλαιοῦ γέ τοι κεκρατηκότος ἔθους ἐπὶ τῶν τοιούτων μόνῃ χρῆσθαι τῇ διὰ χειρῶν ἐπιθέσεως εὐχῇ.
在羅馬城，哥尼流任主教約三年而終之後，路西烏被立為他的繼任者；但他任職尚不滿八個月，臨終便將職分交給了司提反。丟尼修將他論洗禮的眾書信中的第一封寄給了他，因當時興起了一個不小的問題，就是：是否該藉洗禮潔淨那些從任何異端回轉的人；因為自古以來盛行的慣例是，對這類人只用按手的祈禱。
In the city of the Romans, when Cornelius had completed his episcopate after about three years, Lucius was appointed his successor; but he, after not even eight full months, at his death handed on his office to Stephen. To him Dionysius addressed the first of his letters On Baptism, since no small question had then been stirred up—namely, whether it was necessary to cleanse by baptism those who were turning back from any heresy whatsoever; for an old custom had prevailed of using, in such cases, only prayer with the laying on of hands.