St. Athanasius of Alexandria (298-373), Confessor and Doctor of the Church, was one of the principal architects of the Nicene Creed. He persisted throughout his life, in and out of persecution, in explaining and defending Christ’s divinity and the teachings of the Nicene Council.
 In his Defense of the Nicene Definition, Athanasius defends the specific doctrine of the Council of Nicaea that the Father and the Son are “one in substance.” Responding to Arian efforts to show from Scripture that Christ is a created being, Athanasius examines the witness of Isaiah and the Gospels, showing that Christ is an eternal person, because he possesses the same undivided divine substance as the Father. 
 This translation by Bl. John Henry Newman, one of England’s greatest modern theologians, combines the best of Newman’s extensive scholarship of the Greek language and Early Church and his high mastery of English prose. He provides a clear and accessible entryway into the thought of one of the Church’s greatest and holiest teachers.

A Defense of the Nicene Definition: (De Decretis)

Religion & Spirituality

Athanasius, St.

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On the Incarnation of the Word of God is an ancient text by Saint Athanasius, who expounds upon the divine and eternal wisdom offered by Lord. First penned during the early 4th century AD, this early book of Christian wisdom is both an inspiring reflection upon the spiritual tenets of the faith, and a stern rebuke to the ideas of Arianism which at the time were opposed widely by the early Christian church. For following his beliefs, St. Athanasius also suffered condemnation from an antagonistic Roman Empire, which at the time had not converted to Christianity under the guidance of Emperor Constantine. Athanasius thought that believers of Christianity had the power to unite themselves and devote their collective praise to Jesus Christ, whose pureness of virtue is beyond any other Earthly being. By so devoting themselves to the Son of God, believers in the tenets and doctrine of Christian lore could ascend to immortality in the next life.

On the Incarnation of the Word of God (Hardcover)

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On the Incarnation of the Word of God is an ancient text by Saint Athanasius, who expounds upon the divine and eternal wisdom offered by Lord.First penned during the early 4th century AD, this early book of Christian wisdom is both an inspiring reflection upon the spiritual tenets of the faith, and a stern rebuke to the ideas of Arianism which at the time were opposed widely by the early Christian church. For following his beliefs, St. Athanasius also suffered condemnation from an antagonistic Roman Empire, which at the time had not converted to Christianity under the guidance of Emperor Constantine.Athanasius thought that believers of Christianity had the power to unite themselves and devote their collective praise to Jesus Christ, whose pureness of virtue is beyond any other Earthly being. By so devoting themselves to the Son of God, believers in the tenets and doctrine of Christian lore could ascend to immortality in the next life.

On the Incarnation of the Word of God

Written in three parts; forty-seven sections, this work is a classic and essential read from St. Athanasius. It gives a clear picture into the theology of St. Athanasius, and his influence in the early church. Enjoy this classic work!

Against the Heathen (Contra Gentiles)

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On the Incarnation of the Word of God is an ancient text by Saint Athanasius, who expounds upon the divine and eternal wisdom offered by Lord. First penned during the early 4th century AD, this early book of Christian wisdom is both an inspiring reflection upon the spiritual tenets of the faith, and a stern rebuke to the ideas of Arianism which at the time were opposed widely by the early Christian church. For following his beliefs, St. Athanasius also suffered condemnation from an antagonistic Roman Empire, which at the time had not converted to Christianity under the guidance of Emperor Constantine. Athanasius thought that believers of Christianity had the power to unite themselves and devote their collective praise to Jesus Christ, whose pureness of virtue is beyond any other Earthly being. By so devoting themselves to the Son of God, believers in the tenets and doctrine of Christian lore could ascend to immortality in the next life. This translation, completed by the Community of St. Mary the Virgin, is authentic and true to the original text. A collective effort close in spirit to the soul of Athanasius, this rendition replicates faithfully his advice, saintly wisdom, and supreme reverence to the Christian community. All Christian believers irrespective of denomination, or simply those in need of spiritual guidance, may consult this book assured of its essential and profound value.

"Jesus became what we are, that he might make us what He is." Athanasius Athanasius (c. 297 - 373AD), a fourth century theologian and Bishop of Alexandria, stood contra mundum ("against the world") in defense of the biblical doctrine of Christ. His opposition to the Arian heresy, even when that road led to opposition, false accusations and exile resulted in him becoming known as the "Father of Orthodoxy," the "Pillar of the Church" and "Champion of Christ's Divinity." Athanasius's work continues to be read, quoted and respected by theologians today.

On the Incarnation: De Incarnatione Verbi Dei

Religious Studies

Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor or, primarily in the Coptic Orthodox Church, Athanasius the Apostolic, was the 20th bishop of Alexandria (as Athanasius I). His episcopate lasted 45 years (c. 8 June 328 – 2 May 373), of which over 17 were spent in five exiles ordered by four different Roman emperors. Athanasius was a Christian theologian, a Church Father, the chief defender of Trinitarianism against Arianism, and a noted Egyptian leader of the fourth century. Conflict with Arius and Arianism as well as successive Roman emperors shaped Athanasius' career. In 325, at the age of 27, Athanasius began his leading role against the Arians as a deacon and assistant to Bishop Alexander of Alexandria during the First Council of Nicaea. Roman emperor Constantine the Great had convened the council in May–August 325 to address the Arian position that the Son of God, Jesus of Nazareth, is of a distinct substance from the Father. Three years after that council, Athanasius succeeded his mentor as archbishop of Alexandria. In addition to the conflict with the Arians (including powerful and influential Arian churchmen led by Eusebius of Nicomedia), he struggled against the Emperors Constantine, Constantius II, Julian the Apostate and Valens. He was known as "Athanasius Contra Mundum" (Latin for Athanasius Against the World). Nonetheless, within a few years after his death, Gregory of Nazianzus called him the "Pillar of the Church". His writings were well regarded by all following Church fathers in the West and the East, who noted their rich devotion to the Word-become-man, great pastoral concern and profound interest in monasticism. Athanasius is counted as one of the four great Eastern Doctors of the Church in the Roman Catholic Church. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, he is labeled as the "Father of Orthodoxy". Some Protestants label him as "Father of the Canon". Athanasius is venerated as a Christian saint, whose feast day is 2 May in Western Christianity, 15 May in the Coptic Orthodox Church, and 18 January in the other Eastern Orthodox Churches. He is venerated by the Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutherans, and the Anglican Communion.

Apologia Contra Arianos: (Defense Against the Arians)

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It was our sorry case that caused the Word to come down, our transgression that called out His love for us, so that He made haste to help us and to appear among us. It is we who were the cause of His taking human form, and for our salvation that in His great love He was both born and manifested in a human body. God had not only made us out of nothing, but had also graciously bestowed on us His own life by the grace of the Word. Then, turning from eternal things to things corruptible, by counsel of the devil, we had become the cause of our own corruption in death. When this happened, men began to die, and corruption ran riot among us and held sway over us to an even more than natural degree, because it was the penalty of which God had forewarned us for transgressing the commandment. Indeed, we had in our sinning surpassed all limits; for, having invented wickedness in the beginning and so involved ourselves in death and corruption, we had gone on gradually from bad to worse, not stopping at any one kind of evil, but continually, as with insatiable appetite, devising new kinds of sins. For this purpose, then, the incorporeal and incorruptible and immaterial Word of God entered our world. Thus, taking a body like our own, because all our bodies were liable to the corruption of death, He surrendered His body to death instead of all, and offered it to the Father. This He did out of sheer love for us, so that in His death all might die, and the law of death thereby be abolished because, having fulfilled in His body that for which it was appointed, it was thereafter voided of its power for men. This He did that He might turn again to incorruption men who had turned back to corruption, and make them alive through death by the appropriation of His body and by the grace of His resurrection. Thus He would make death to disappear from them as utterly as straw from fire.

On the Incarnation: Burkholder Media Classics

A Celebration of Faith Series: St. Athanasius: Defender of Orthodox Christology On the Incarnation

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Martins, Steven R.

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Cantaro Publications

On the Incarnation of the Word

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A Defense of the Nicene Definition: (De Decretis)

On the Incarnation of the Word of God (Hardcover)

On the Incarnation of the Word of God

Against the Heathen (Contra Gentiles)

On the Incarnation of the Word of God

On the Incarnation: De Incarnatione Verbi Dei

Apologia Contra Arianos: (Defense Against the Arians)

On the Incarnation: Burkholder Media Classics

A Celebration of Faith Series: St. Athanasius: Defender of Orthodox Christology On the Incarnation

On the Incarnation of the Word