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1 day ago · Athanasius was barely 30 years old when he was thrust into the spotlight by becoming the bishop of Alexandria in 328 C.E. Peter Gemeinhardt notes that a synodal letter sent 10 years later from Alexandria described the decisive factor in his election as bishop: The church community had perceived Athanasius as “zealous, devout, Christian, one of the ascetics, and a true bishop.” (my translation)
Mar 28, 2008 · Summary. Fourth-century Alexandrian theology is more or less summed up in the writings of two theological giants, Athanasius, pope of Alexandria from 328 until his death in 373 (not counting various periods of deposition and exile), and Didymus the Blind, a scholar of enormous renown in his own day, who was appointed head of the Catechetical ...
Dec 14, 2018 · Today’s free book is a biography of Athanasius of Alexandria, part of the Fathers for English Readers series, by Robert Wheler Bush. This public domain title was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library. Robert Wheler Bush [1820-1908], St. Athanasius: His Life and Times. The Fathers for English Readers. London: SPCK, 1888 ...
Oct 20, 2021 · St. Athanasius (c. 296-373 CE) or Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, once referred to as “Black Dwarf” because of his dark skin and short stature, was a fourth-century figure and champion of Nicene orthodoxy over the perceived heresy of Arianism.
Athanasius (Ancient Greek: Ἀθανάσιος, fl. 5th century CE) of Alexandria was a presbyter of the church in that city, and a son of Isidora, the sister of Cyril of Alexandria. He was deprived of his office and driven out of Alexandria and Egypt by Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria, from whom he suffered much persecution.
Athanasius I of Alexandria [note 1] (c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th pope of Alexandria (as Athanasius I).
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Athanasius of Alexandria (also spelled "Athanasios") (c. 296 C.E. [1] – May 2, 373 C.E.) was a Christian bishop —the Patriarch of Alexandria—in the fourth century. He made three primary (and integral) contributions to the theory and practice of Christianity: an endorsement of the monastic lifestyle, the formulation of the New Testament ...
