His important works include The Life of St. Antony, On the Incarnation, and Four Orations Against the Arians.Life and major works Athanasius received his philosophical and theological training at Alexandria. In 325 he attended Bishop Alexander of Alexandria as deacon at the Council of Nicaea. A...
Athanasius: The Coherence of his Thought. By Khaled Anatolios. London and New York: Routledge, 1998. viii + 258 pp. $75.00 (cloth). Athanasius of Alexandria is arguably the most powerful voice from the ancient Church on themes of the redeeming power of the incarnation and the idea of ...
Life of Antony The life and conversation of our holy Father, Antony: written and sent to the monks in foreign parts by our Father among the Saints, Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria. Athanasius1 the bishop to the brethren in foreign parts. You have entered upon a noble rivalry with the monk...
Saint Athanasius was born in Alexandria, Egypt, towards the end of the third century, and from his youth was pious, learned, and deeply versed in the sacred writings. He left the paternal home to be raised by the bishop of Alexandria like a new Samuel in the Lord's temple, as befitted...
Athanasius (ca. 300-373) became bishop of Alexandria in 328. He seems to have been present at theCouncil of Nicaeathree years earlier as an assistant to his predecessor, Bishop Alexander. Athanasius immediately faced two weighty problems—the schism of the rigoristMelitiansand the still festering...
This article considers how Athanasius of Alexandria was read by Reformed Protestants of the early modern period. Attention is given to anthologies of patristic material, to John Calvin, Reiner Bachoff (Bachofius), and his Catechesis religionis christianae (1603), Abraham Scultetus's Medulla ...
The study of the thought of Athanasius of Alexandria in regards of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, through his works such as Contra Gentes-De Incarnatione, Contra Arianos I-III, and Epistola ad Serapionem, speaks for itself the contribution he made to solidify the doctrine of the ...
Athanasius (ca. 300-373) became bishop of Alexandria in 328. He seems to have been present at theCouncil of Nicaeathree years earlier as an assistant to his predecessor, Bishop Alexander. Athanasius immediately faced two weighty problems—the schism of the rigoristMelitiansand the still festering...
This chapter presents the life, works, and theology of Athanasius, a fourth-century bishop of Alexandria. Athanasius penned various treatises and organized alliances which had the eventual effect of uniting all like-minded theologians behind the Nicene Creed. Athanasius is among those lucky authors ...