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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 89
… Pierius, [2177] Lucian, [2178] Malchion; [2179] of Eusebius [2180] bishop of Cæsarea, Eustathius [2181] of Antioch and Athanasius [2182] of Alexandria; of Eusebius [2183] of Emisa, of Triphyllius [2184] of Cyprus, of Asterius [2185] of …
2,275 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 111
… fifty after them, and according to the Canonical epistles and ectheses of the holy fathers Gregory, Basil, Athanasius, Hilary, Ambrose, and according to the two canonical epistles of Cyril, which were confirmed and published in …
2,309 wordsFathers of the Second Century • SECTION 10
… No wonder Athanasius, while rejecting it from the canon (Contra Hæresim Arian., p. 380) calls this a "most useful book." De Incarnatione, p. 38. Paris, 1537.] [206] From them ... all who act thus will live …
2,273 wordsGregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 123
… of the Meletian schism is very much in need of elucidation. I follow Neale, however, as follows: Athanasius places its origin a.d. 306 (according to Tillemont and Baronius) or a.d. 301; the latter …
2,264 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 9
… production of the ancient church on the Trinity, in no respect inferior to the kindred works of Athanasius and the two Gregories, and for centuries final to the dogma. [49] This may also be counted …
2,259 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 126
… 64). (Such a question as this last, however, could not have been asked a century later, when Athanasius had dispelled all traces of Neo-platonic subordination from the Christian Faith. Uncreated Spirit, not Invisible First …
2,276 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 87
… In Eusebius' time, however, its canonicity had been denied (though according to Athanasius Fest. Ep. 39, it was still used in catechetical instruction), and he was therefore obliged to relegate it to a position among …
2,280 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 286
… From the thirty-ninth Letter of Holy Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, on the Paschal festival; wherein he defines canonically what are the divine books which are accepted by the Church. ...1. They have [4539] fabricated …
2,283 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 76
… Retirement of Athanasius, and tyranny of Gregory and Philagrius. When all this was done, they did not stop even here; but consulted how they might act the same part in the other church [463] , where …
2,291 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 95
… of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the practice of invocation of the Saints); and on S. Athanasius. f. Funeral Orations on Eminent People.--On his Father, preached before his Mother and S. Basil. On …
2,275 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 134
… hold fast to the decrees of the four Councils, and in every way follow the holy Fathers, Athanasius, Hilary, Basil, Gregory the Theologian, Gregory of Nyssa, Ambrose, Theophilus, John (Chrysostom) of Constantinople, Cyril, Augustine, Proclus …
2,291 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 139
… bridged over; and on this account it fell under suspicion, and was rejected by both Arius and Athanasius. Tertullian used it with an explanation which is satisfactory as regards the probole of the Son; but …
2,285 wordsChrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 11
… Speculation was not his forte, and as a thinker he is behind Athanasius, Gregory of Nyssa, and John of Damascus. He was a rhetorician rather than a logician. Like all the Greek fathers, he laid …
2,306 wordsHilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus • SECTION 25
… excludes the possibility of an advance, a growth in grace as well as in stature, such as Athanasius scripturally taught [306] . We might say of Hilary, as has been said of another Father, under his …
2,318 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 205
… Having then taken up the volume itself, and glancing over the decrees of the said Council, I read that Athanasius, Catholic bishop of Alexandria, who was so conspicuous as a debater in the keen controversies …
2,341 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 171
… Besides Athanasius, no early author occurs to the writer of this, by whom it is referred to the Arians, cf. Depos. Ar. supr. p. 71, note 29. [1865] [This is the only occurrence of the …
2,350 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 71
… where see note 7). [713] With S. Gregory's language here may be compared that of S. Athanasius (Or. adv. Arian. iii. 53), "It was not the Wisdom, quâ Wisdom, that advanced'; but the humanity …
2,317 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 68
… Adolius, Marcian, Sthenelus, John, Macer, Charisius, Silvanus, Photinus, Anthony, Aythus, Celsus, Euphranon, Milesius, Patricius, Severian, Eusebius, Eumolpius, Athanasius, Diophantus, Menodorus, Diocles, Chrysampelus, Neon, Eugenius, Eustathius, Callicrates, Arsenius, Eugenius, Martyrius, Hieracius, Leontius, Philagrius, Lucius, and to …
2,331 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 157
… is found in every Liturgy. The previous writer referred to is thought by some to be S. Athanasius, but by others S. Dionysius the Areopagite, who has some words on this point in his treatise …
2,311 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 162
… did not trample under foot? what tomb [1703] did they not open, pretending they were seeking for Athanasius, though their sole object was to plunder and spoil all that came in their way? How many …
2,359 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 181
… He was prevented by illness from being present at Ephesus in 431, as he was also from the synod assembled at Antioch in 444 to hear the cause of Athanasius of Perrha. He was a …
2,322 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 143
… John, then upon that from St. Cyril of Alexandria. After this follow quotations from St. Hilary, St. Athanasius, St. Denys the Areopagite, St. Ambrose, St. Leo, St. Gregory Nyssen, St. Cyril of Alexandria, which are …
2,338 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 140
… is drawn upon freely, just as freely as Socrates employs it, or as Sozomen handles Socrates. 4. Athanasius is also used independently, although in collocating the events, Socrates is followed. There is direct reference to …
2,307 wordsHilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus • SECTION 27
… Hilary, in fact, preferred like Athanasius to rest in the indefinite terms of the original Nicene Creed, the confession of which ended with the simple And in the Holy Ghost.' But there was a further …
2,356 wordsAugustine — Against the Manichaeans and Donatists • SECTION 179
… From the condemnation of Athanasius and Julius by this document, Augustin, to whom it was new, concluded that this was an Arian council, and was only the more damaging to their theory. The note of …
2,331 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 152
… 29 sq. [3794] Athanasius. [3795] Galat. ii. 9. [3796] Isa. lxii. 4. [3797] Isai. lxiv. 12, etc. [3798] Prov. ix. 5. [3799] Exod. xxxii. 26. [3800] Ps. cxlix. 6. [3801] Luke xii. 46. [3802] Ezek …
2,329 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 31
… the Synod of Sardica in 343, as we learn from the newly discovered festival letters of S. Athanasius, took up again the question of Easter, and brought the two parties (Alexandrians and Romans) to regulate …
2,354 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 201
… Eudoxius himself took possession of the bishopric of Macedonius; Athanasius was placed over the church of Basil; and Eunomius, who was subsequently the leader of a heresy bearing his name, took the see of Eleusius …
2,341 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 225
… This theopoiesis or theosis is more than a metaphor even from the first; "vere fideles vocantur theoi, non naturâ quidem, sed te homoiosei, ait Athanasius;" Casaubon, In Epist. ad Eustath. "We become gods' by grasping …
2,359 wordsAugustine — Trinity, Doctrinal & Moral Treatises • SECTION 3
… as necessarily and intrinsically to the Divine unity as eternity does to the Divine essence. "If," says Athanasius (Oration I. 17) "there was not a Blessed Trinity from eternity, but only a unity existed first …
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