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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 38
… Return of Athanasius. Summer. Council of the confessors at Alexandria. Lucifer founds the schism at Antioch. October 4. Renewed order of Julian against Athanasius. Retirement of Athanasius. 363. June 26. Death of Julian. Athan. in …
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… Siderius was accordingly consecrated by a certain Bishop Philo alone, without the canonical two assistants, and without the cognisance of Athanasius. But in view of the immense utility of the appointment Athanasius overlooked its irregularity …
1,346 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 192
… Shortly after they had embarked on their voyage, Athanasius received some letters from the emperor, summoning him to the palace. Athanasius and all the people of the Church were greatly troubled at this command; for …
1,691 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 36
Chapter XXV.--An account of the plot formed against the Holy Athanasius. Alexander, that admirable bishop, who had successfully withstood the blasphemies of Arius, died five months after the council of Nicæa, and was succeeded …
845 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 105
… But the Arians did not so much desire to get these persons out of the way as Athanasius himself. Accordingly, they constrain the emperor to go so far as this, that Athanasius should be sent …
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According to the Apology of Athanasius, all this took place some time before the council of Tyre; we cannot fix the date, except that it must have come after the Easter of 332 (see above …
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… The Arians had also sent a large deputation to petition against the restoration of Athanasius, and to ask for a bishop. Lucius, their candidate for the post, accompanied the deputation. But the energy of Athanasius …
2,207 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 77
… The attack upon Athanasius began in 331, but without success. It was renewed at Cæsarea and Tyre in 334-335, and resulted in the exile of Athanasius to Treveri, 336. His return in 337 was …
1,906 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 39
… Chapter XXIV.--Athanasius, passing through Jerusalem on his Return to Alexandria, is received into Communion by Maximus: and a Synod of Bishops, convened in that City, confirms the Nicene Creed. Athanasius the bishop being fortified …
1,052 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 21
… As he had made no request of the kind, Athanasius naturally suspected a plot to entice him away from his stronghold. The letter of Constantius did not convey an absolute command, so Athanasius, protesting his …
2,419 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 38
Chapter XXIII.--Constantius, being Afraid of his Brother's Threats, recalls Athanasius by Letter, and sends him to Alexandria. On receiving this communication the emperor of the East fell into perplexity; and immediately sending for …
2,232 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 23
… Chapter XXVII.--Arius having returned to Alexandria with the Emperor's Consent, and not being received by Athanasius, the Partisans of Eusebius bring Many Charges against Athanasius before the Emperor. Arius having thus satisfied the …
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… Early intercourse of Athanasius with Antony (Prologue, and note 2). If the Benedictine text is correct, the reference must be to the period before Athanasius became deacon to Bishop Alexander, in fact to a period …
2,472 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 2
Councils of Tyre and Jerusalem; first exile of Athanasius. Theod. i. 28-29; Soc. i. 28; Soz. ii. 25. 336. Athanasius at Treves. Theod. i. 29; Soc. i. 35; Soz. ii. 28. Death of Arius …
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… The earliest biographer of Athanasius (see Introduction to Hist. Aceph. p. 495, 496, below) divides the episcopate of Athanasius into periods of quiet' and of exile, marking the periods of each according to what appears …
2,511 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 3
… The Third Exile (356-361). (1) Expulsion of Athanasius. (2) State of the Arian controversy:--(a) Anomoeans'; (b) Homoeans'; (c) Semi-Arians.' (3) Athanasius in his retirement. C. §§9, 10. Athanasius in Victory (362-373 …
2,274 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 24
Chapter XXVIII.--On Account of the Charges against Athanasius, the Emperor convokes a Synod of Bishops at Tyre. The emperor had ordered a Synod of bishops to be present at the consecration of the church …
805 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 153
… Second Exile of Athanasius, till the Council of Sardica (337-343). §9. Renewed intrigues against Athanasius. §10. Gregory intruded by Constantius as bishop. §11. Athanasius at Rome. Negotiations for a Council there. §§12-14. Violent …
2,204 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 32
… Religion not philosophy is the sphere in which the God of Athanasius is manifest to man. Here, again, Athanasius is Christo-centric.' With Origen, Athanasius refuses to allow evil any substantive existence (c. Gent. §§2 …
2,323 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 78
… Letter of Alexander, Bishop of Thessalonica, praising Serapion, the son of an old friend, and congratulating Athanasius on the exposure of the plot about Arsenius. 22. §69 (same year). Letter of Arsenius to Athanasius, offering …
714 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 189
Chapter XXIII.--Valens and Ursacius, who belonged to the Arian Faction, confess to the Bishop of Rome that they had made False Charges against Athanasius. Such was the letter written by the Synod convened in …
1,110 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 37
… The friends of Athanasius hunted him up, and brought him to an inn, where they compelled him to lie hid for a time. Early in the morning the great Athanasius came to the council. First …
1,483 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 9
Eusebius has been blamed still more severely for his treatment of Athanasius. But again the facts must be looked at impartially. It is necessary always to remember that Sabellianism was in the beginning and remained …
1,473 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 40
… With these and similar arguments, the bishops assailed the weak-minded emperor, and persuaded him to expel Athanasius from his church. But Athanasius obtained timely intimation of their design, and departed to the west. [456 …
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… Chapter IX.--The Second Return of Saint Athanasius. The emperor Constantius, having become acquainted with the plots formed against the bishops, wrote to the great Athanasius once, and twice, aye and thrice, exhorting him to …
821 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 25
Chapter XXXI.--When the Bishops will not listen to Athanasius' Defense on the Second Charge, he betakes himself to the Emperor. But in refuting the false allegations against Macarius, he made use of legal forms …
814 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 280
… Constans, son of Constantine the Great, obtains empire of the West, [2873]284; writes to Constantius in re Athanasius and Paul, [2874]289; receives three bishops and dismisses them, [2875]289; fails to have Athanasius …
985 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 20
… When circumstances set Constantius free to resume the Arian campaign, it was against Athanasius that he worked; at first from the remote West, then by attempts to remove or coax him from Alexandria. But Athanasius …
2,349 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 298
… Copy of a letter of the Emperor Jovian, sent to Athanasius, the most holy Archbishop of Alexandria. To the most religious and friend of God, Athanasius, Jovian. Admiring exceedingly the achievements of your most honourable …
2,221 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 121
… The non-mention of Athanasius as the author is an argumentum ex silentio of the most precarious kind. Some fifteen years later (de Script Eccles. 87, 88, 125) he repeatedly mentions Athanasius as the author …
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