Thus it happened that two opposite marvels took place at once: the death of all was consummated in the Lord’s body; yet, because the Word was in it, … - Athanasius of Alexandria
" "Thus it happened that two opposite marvels took place at once: the death of all was consummated in the Lord’s body; yet, because the Word was in it, death and corruption were in the same act utterly abolished.
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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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Idolatry, especially that of the body, is for Athanasius a kind of barometer, measuring the perversity into which humans have fallen, the degree to which their knowledge of God has been lost, and the extent to which the image of God in them obscured, the consequence of which is corruption and death.
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