Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. But if he must read only the new or only the old, I… - Athanasius of Alexandria
" "Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. But if he must read only the new or only the old, I would advise him to read the old. And I would give him this advice precisely because he is an amateur and therefore much less protected than the expert against the dangers of an exclusive contemporary diet.
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About Athanasius of Alexandria
Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 297 – 373) was the twentieth bishop of Alexandria. He who was a Christian theologian, a Church Father, a Doctor of the Church for Roman Catholics, the chief defender of Trinitarianism against Arianism, and a noted Egyptian leader of the fourth century.
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Native Name:
Ἀθανάσιος
Alternative Names:
Athanasius Alexandrinus
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Sint Atanaze d’ Alegzandreye
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Saint Athanasius
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Athanasius
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Athanasios of Alexandria
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Athanasius I of Alexandria
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Athanasius the Great
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Athanasius the Confessor
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Athanasius the Apostolic
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Athanasius Contra Mundum
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Athanasias
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