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Athanasius (The Early Church Fathers)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 270.2092
EAN: 9780415202039
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0415202035
Label: Routledge
Manufacturer: Routledge
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: October 28, 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Studio: Routledge
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Athanasius provides a comprehensive and concise introduction to the theological vision of Athanasius, relating the various aspects of his doctrine to a central emphasis on divine condescension.
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Rating: - Athanasius - Nicaean Attack Dog
This book's value for the reader is twofold; first, the new translations done by Anatolios contemporize the language over the publicly available texts of the Nicene Fathers: "Thou then, as a man of learning, in spite of their subterfuges, didst convict them of talking to no purpose; and they in devising them were but acting suitably to their own evil disposition;" compare this to "But you, as a learned and articulate man, convicted them of talking nonsense, despite their pretences. Nevertheless, ... Read More
Rating: - Good introduction to Athanasius
St Athanasius was one of the earliest Church fathers, along with St Iranaeus and St Ignatius and St Clement of Rome. Athanasius was one of the key architects of incarnational theology, which argued for the first time that Jesus was not merely a man teaching wisdom or a divine being come to Earth, but was the human incarnation of God, the perfect fusion of divine and human in one person. Athanasius's famous dictum was 'God became man so that man may become God', echoeing Iranaeus's anti-Gnostic ... Read More
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