HSM · Church Fathers
Athanasius
Defended Nicene teaching about the Son amid intense fourth-century disputes and repeated exile.
Profile
- Role
- Bishop & Nicene defender
- Approximate period
- c. 296–373
- Region
- Alexandria in Egypt
- Major writings
- On the Incarnation; Orations Against the Arians; Festal Letters
Relationship to Scripture
Interprets Scripture around the incarnation; his 367 festal letter lists the 27 books of today’s New Testament.
An educational profile. Consult the identified works and their editorial introductions before attributing quotations or claiming agreement across early Christian writers.
Sources and Further Investigation
CCEL — Early Church Fathers collections
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