Front matter
Reading edition
Produced by David McClamrock
SAINT ATHANASIUS c. 297-373
THE FATHER OF ORTHODOXY
By F.A. [Francis Alice] Forbes
"Jesus said to them: Amen, Amen I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am." —John 8:58
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. . . . And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us." —John 1:14
Nihil Obstat: J.N. Strassmaier, S.J. Censor Deputatus
Imprimatur: Edmund Canon Surmont Vicar General Westminster August 5, 1919
Originally published in 1919 by R. & T. Washbourne, Ltd., London, as part of the series Standard-bearers of the Faith: A Series of Lives of the Saints for Young and Old.
"Born of the Father before all ages, God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father . . . " —From the Nicene Creed
CONTENTS
1. A Foreshadowing
2. Arius the Heresiarch
3. The Great Council
4. The Calm Before the Storm
5. False Witnesses
6. A Royal-Hearted Exile
7. The Day of Rejoicing
8. The Invisible Patriarch
9. A Short-Lived Peace
10. The Last Exile
11. The Truce of God