tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009348.post110079987773539071..comments2023-11-02T07:47:10.433-04:00Comments on Vindicated: Reading Athanasius: Talking About SinKylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14641068117855718120noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009348.post-1102543105378986342004-12-08T16:58:00.000-05:002004-12-08T16:58:00.000-05:00I am glad you are getting to sink your teeth into ...I am glad you are getting to sink your teeth into someone like Athanasius, or as he was somewhat derogatorily referred to as "Athanasius Contra Mundum." (Latin for Athanisius against the World)<br /><br />I will take this as an opportunity to throw some worthless trivia about Athanasius at you. You probably already know this, but being a history major like myself, I assume you will appreciate my worthless arsenal of early church father factoids.<br /><br />You have to keep in mind that Athanasius was a vehement anti-Arian, that Jesus was of the same substance of the father. Unlike Arius, who said that there was a time when he (Jesus) was not. So his big schpiel in On the Incarnation was coming from this theological world view.<br /><br />Athanasius was a deacon at the Council of Nicaea, and had a big impact on the later doctrine of Homousia (one substance) and hypostases(3 persons). <br /><br />His festal letter...39 i think (I'm pulling all this off the top of my head)...was the first church document to name the exact 27 books of the New Testament canon. <br /><br />Athanasius was one of the 4 doctors of the Eastern Church. (Basil, Gregory Naziensus, and John Chrysostom wwere the others.) Not bad for a guy who was exiled and restored 4 times in his life.The Archer of the Foresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03075768526819990250noreply@blogger.com