Publication

2016-02-01 - wbg Philipp von Zabern

Language

German

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCBR1720.A7 C63 2016

Description

This biography of Church Father Athanasius the Great emphasizes Athanasius' role as a passionate opponent of Arianism and advocate of the ideas established at Nicaea of the essential unity of God the Father and the Son. Approaching his subject from both a historical and a theological perspective, the author shows the centrality of this debate to the formation of Christianity and the Western Roman Empire. He presents a portrait of "Athanasius contra mundum" (Athanasius against the world): after becoming archbishop of Alexandria, Athanasius was sent into exile five times, and called back each time by the emperor.

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