Athanasius
Athanasius
Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor or, primarily in the Coptic Orthodox Church, Athanasius the Apostolic, was the twentieth bishop of Alexandria. His episcopate lasted 45 years, of which over 17 were spent in five exiles ordered by four different Roman emperors. Athanasius is a renowned Christian theologian, a Church Father, the chief defender of Trinitarianism against Arianism, and a noted Egyptian leader of the fourth century...
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ProfessionSaint
fountainhead goodness
For God is good - or rather, of all goodness He is the Fountainhead.
christian prayer hands
Christians, instead of arming themselves with swords, extend their hands in prayer.
jesus sight creation
Even on the cross He did not hide Himself from sight; rather, He made all creation witness to the presence of its Maker.
sarcastic father son
While [the Arians], like men sprung from a dunghill, truly "spoke from the earth" [Jn. 3:31], the bishops [of Nicea], not having invented their phrases for themselves, but having testimony from their fathers, wrote as they did. For ancient bishops, of the great Rome and our city [i.e., Alexandria, Egypt, where Athanasius was bishop], some 130 years ago, wrote and censured those who said that the Son was a creature and not consubstantial with the Father.
men suffering dazzle
The Lord did not come to make a display. He came to heal and to teach suffering men. For one who wanted to make a display the thing would have been just to appear and dazzle the beholders. But for Him Who came to heal and to teach the way was not merely to dwell here, but to put Himself at the disposal of those who needed Him, and to be manifested according as they could bear it, not vitiating the value of the Divine appearing by exceeding their capacity to receive it.
spiritual reading advancement
You will not see anyone who is truly striving after his spiritual advancement who is not given to spiritual reading.
christian jesus christian-inspirational
He (Jesus) became what we are that He might make us what He is.
self world knowledge-of-god
The Self-revealing of the Word is in every dimension - above, in creation; below, in the Incarnation; in the depth, in Hades; in the breadth, throughout the world. All things have been filled with the knowledge of God.
You cannot put straight in others what is warped in yourself.