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Athanasius of Alexandria

Eastern Church Fatherc. 296–373 ADPatristic

Bishop of Alexandria and chief defender of Nicene orthodoxy against Arianism. His treatise On the Incarnation articulated how God became man so that man might become partakers of the divine nature.

Key Works

  • On the Incarnation
  • Against the Arians
  • Life of Antony

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