![]() ![]() Athanasius refused to water down, minimize, or step around the most breathtaking paradox of the Catholic faith the incarnation of the Son of God. But during his life, what would he be willing to set aside personal honor and praise in order to preserve? What would he face persecution and exile for rather than compromise? St. ![]() His stand was finally vindicated by council upon council of the Church in the decades and centuries following his death, and a creed was even titled with his name as a monument to his clear vision of the Holy Trinity. When the time came to show resolve, he set his face as a flint against the onslaught of heresy that began to overtake the fourth-century Church, and for this he was maligned and exiled repeatedly. ![]() Athanasius (296-373 AD) is known for one thing above all else, it is that he stood for Christian orthodoxy contra mundum, against the world. ![]()
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