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It is, indeed, in accordance with the nature of the invisible God that He should be thus known through His works; and those who doubt the Lord's resu… - Athanasius of Alexandria
" "It is, indeed, in accordance with the nature of the invisible God that He should be thus known through His works; and those who doubt the Lord's resurrection because they do not now behold Him with their eyes, might as well deny the very laws of nature. They have ground for disbelief when works are lacking; but when the works cry out and prove the fact so clearly, why do they deliberately deny the risen life so manifestly shown? Even if their mental faculties are defective, surely their eyes can give them irrefragable proof of the power and Godhead of Christ. A blind man cannot see the sun, but he knows that it is above the earth from the warmth which it affords; similarly, let those who are still in the blindness of unbelief recognize the Godhead of Christ and the resurrection which He has brought about through His manifested power in others.
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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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