Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series • VOLUME 4
Athanasius — Select Works and Letters
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Letter XIV.--(For 342.) Coss. Augustus Constantius III, Constans II, Præf. the same Longinus; Indict. xv; Easter-day iii Id. Apr., xvi Pharmuthi; Æra Dioclet. 58.
He wrote this also from Rome. Here endeth the thirteenth Letter. [4364] Vid. Letter x. 1. [4365] The Arians (hoi christomachoi). [4366] Cf. Rom. i. 12 [4367] Phil. i. 29. [4368] Cf. Heb. x. 24 [4369] Cf. Col. i. 12 [4370] Job vii. 1. not LXX. [4371] Jer. xvii. 10. [4372] Ib. xx. 12. [4373] Job xl. 8, 9, (3, 4, LXX.). …
2,273 wordsSECTION 282Letter XVII.--(For 345.) Coss. Amantius, Albinus; Præf. Nestorius of Gaza; Indict. iii; Easter-day, vii Id. Apr., xii Pharmuthi; Moon 19; Æra Dioclet. 61.
The fifteenth and sixteenth are wanting. [4402] Cf. Letter v. 1. [4403] Matt. xxviii. 20. [4404] 1 Cor. v. 7. [4405] Ps. xxxi. 7, LXX. [4406] Cf. Letter iii. 2. [4407] Ps. cxix. 62, 164. [4408] Exod. xv. [4409] John xiv. 6; i. 29. [4410] Jer. vi. 16. [4411] Heb. ix. 13. [4412] Mark x. 28. [4413] Exod. xix. 8. [4414]…
832 wordsSECTION 283Letter XIX.--(For 347.) Coss. Rufinus, Eusebius; Præf. the same Nestorius; Indict. v; Easter-day, Prid. Id. Apr., Pharmuthi xvii; Æra Dioclet. 63; Moon 15.
Letter XIX.--(For 347.) Coss. Rufinus, Eusebius; Præf. the same Nestorius; Indict. v; Easter-day, Prid. Id. Apr., Pharmuthi xvii; Æra Dioclet. 63; Moon 15. Blessed is God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ [4439] ,' for such an introduction is fitting for an Epistle, and more especially now, when it brings thanksgiving to the…
2,453 wordsSECTION 2847. Let us, therefore, in the faith of the disciples, hold frequent converse with our Master. For the world is like the sea to us, my brethre
7. Let us, therefore, in the faith of the disciples, hold frequent converse with our Master. For the world is like the sea to us, my brethren, of which it is written, This is the great and wide sea, there go the ships; the Leviathan, which Thou hast created to play therein [4482] .' We float on this sea, as with the wind, throug…
1,424 wordsSECTION 285Letter XX.--(For 348.) Coss. Philippus, Salia; Præfect the same Nestorius; Indict. vi; Easter-day iii Non. Apr., viii Pharmuthi; Æra Dioclet. 64; Moon 18.
Letter XX.--(For 348.) Coss. Philippus, Salia; Præfect the same Nestorius; Indict. vi; Easter-day iii Non. Apr., viii Pharmuthi; Æra Dioclet. 64; Moon 18. Let us now keep the feast, my brethren, for as our Lord then gave notice to His disciples, so He now tells us beforehand, that after some days is the Passover [4504] ,' in wh…
2,435 wordsSECTION 286For behold they that hold the Place are charged by them that love God with making it a den of thieves, and with madly making the Holy Place
For behold they that hold the Place are charged by them that love God with making it a den of thieves, and with madly making the Holy Place a house of merchandise, and a house of judicial business for themselves to whom it was unlawful to enter there. For this and worse than this is what we have heard, most beloved, from those w…
2,283 wordsSECTION 287Letter XLVI.--Letter [4563] to the Mareotis from Sardica, a.d. 343-4.
[4557] See Letter 27, note 1. [4558] John vii. 37. [4559] Cf. Heb. i. 3 [4560] John vii. 37, 38. From Letter XLV.--(For 373.) Let us all take up our sacrifices, observing distribution to the poor, and enter into the holy place, as it is written; whither also our forerunner Jesus is entered for us, having obtained eternal re…
1,157 wordsSECTION 288Letter XLVII.--To the Church of Alexandria on the same occasion.
Letter XLVII.--To the Church of Alexandria on the same occasion. Athanasius to all the presbyters and deacons of the holy Catholic Church at Alexandria and the Parembola, brethren most beloved, greeting. In writing this I must begin my letter, most beloved brethren, by giving thanks to Christ. But now this is especially fittin…
1,426 wordsSECTION 289Letter XLVIII.--Letter to Amun [4583] . Written before 354 a.d.
Letter XLVIII.--Letter to Amun [4583] . Written before 354 a.d. All things made by God are beautiful and pure, for the Word of God has made nothing useless or impure. For we are a sweet savour of Christ in them that are being saved [4584] ,' as the Apostle says. But since the devil's darts are varied and subtle, and he contrive…
1,418 wordsSECTION 290Letter XLIX.--Letter to Dracontius [4599] . Written a.d. 354 or 355.
Letter XLIX.--Letter to Dracontius [4599] . Written a.d. 354 or 355. I am at a loss how to write. Am I to blame you for your refusal? or for having regard to the trials, and hiding for fear of the Jews [4600] ? In any case, however it may be, what you have done is worthy of blame, beloved Dracontius. For it was not fitting that…
2,413 wordsSECTION 29110. Do not then suffer those who give contrary advice. But rather hasten and delay not; the more so as the holy festival is approaching; so
10. Do not then suffer those who give contrary advice. But rather hasten and delay not; the more so as the holy festival is approaching; so that the laity may not keep the feast without you, and you bring great danger upon yourself. For who will in your absence preach them the Easter sermon? Who will announce to them the great d…
851 wordsSECTION 292Letter L.--First Letter to Lucifer [4633] .
Letter L.--First Letter to Lucifer [4633] . To our lord, and most beloved brother the Bishop and Confessor Lucifer. Athanasius greeting in the Lord. Being well in body by God's favour, we have now sent our most beloved deacon Eutyches, that your most pious holiness, as is much desired by us, may be pleased to inform us of the …
784 wordsSECTION 293Letter LI.--Second Letter to Lucifer.
Letter LI.--Second Letter to Lucifer. To the most glorious lord and deservedly much-desired fellow-Bishop Lucifer, Athanasius greeting in the Lord. Although I believe that tidings have reached your holiness also of the persecution which the enemies of Christ have just now attempted to raise, seeking our blood, yet our own most…
1,317 wordsSECTION 294Letter LII.--First Letter to Monks [4641] . (Written 358-360).
Letter LII.--First Letter to Monks [4641] . (Written 358-360). 1. To those in every place [4642] who are living a monastic life, who are established in the faith of God, and sanctified in Christ, and who say, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed Thee [4643] ,' brethren dearly beloved and longed for, heartiest greeting in …
1,231 wordsSECTION 295Letter LIII.--Second Letter [4656] to Monks.
Letter LIII.--Second Letter [4656] to Monks. Athanasius, Archbishop [4657] of Alexandria, to the Solitaries. Athanasius to those who practise a solitary life, and are settled in faith in God, most beloved brethren, greeting in the Lord. I thank the Lord who hath given to you to believe in Him, that ye too may have with the sa…
733 wordsSECTION 296Letter LIV.--To Serapion, concerning the death of Arius.
Letter LIV.--To Serapion, concerning the death of Arius. Athanasius to Serapion [4659] , a brother and fellow-minister, health in the Lord. I have read the letters of your piety, in which you have requested me to make known to you the events of my times relating to myself, and to give an account of that most impious heresy of …
1,653 wordsSECTION 297Letter LV.--Letter to Rufinianus.
Letter LV.--Letter to Rufinianus. To our lord, son, and most desired fellow-minister Rufinianus [4665] . Athanasius greeting in the Lord. You write what is proper for a beloved son to write to a father: accordingly, I embraced you when you came near me in writing, most desired Rufinianus. And I, though I might write to you as …
1,001 wordsSECTION 298Letter LVI.--To the Emperor Jovian.
Letter LVI.--To the Emperor Jovian. 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 life, and of your likeness to the God of all, and of your affection …
2,221 wordsSECTION 299Letter LVII.--First Letter to Orsisius [4693] .
[4680] This points to Antioch as the place of composition, which is fairly certain on other grounds. [4681] prokrima, a præjudicium' or prima facie objection in their favour. [4682] A pardonable exaggeration, but its very use is significant; cf. de Syn. 33, and Bright's note, Later Treatises, p. 20. [4683] Ut supr. p. 75; the…
1,254 wordsSECTION 300Letter LIX.--To Epictetus.
Letter LIX.--To Epictetus. To my Lord, beloved brother, and most-longed-for fellow-minister Epictetus [4700] , Athanasius greeting in the Lord. I thought that all vain talk of all heretics, many as they may be, had been stopped by the Synod which was held at Nicæa. For the Faith there confessed by the Fathers according to the d…
2,396 wordsSECTION 3017. Now this did not come to pass putatively, as some have supposed: far be the thought: but the Saviour having in very truth become Man, the
7. Now this did not come to pass putatively, as some have supposed: far be the thought: but the Saviour having in very truth become Man, the salvation of the whole man was brought about. For if the Word were in the Body putatively, as they say, and by putative is meant imaginary, it follows that both the salvation and the resurr…
2,399 wordsSECTION 302Letter LX.--To Adelphius [4738] , Bishop and Confessor: against the Arians.
[4701] Are these those referred to in the letter to Ruf., and held a.d. 362-3, or are they to be identified with one or other of those held under Damasus (see Introd. to ad Afros.)? [4702] Ps. cxv. 4. [4703] Hab. ii. 15, LXX. [4704] Isa. ii. 3; Mic. iv. 2. [4705] Rom. i. 3. [4706] This opinion seems to belong to that next t…
2,364 wordsSECTION 3037. But we should like your piety to ask them this. When Israel was ordered to go up to Jerusalem to worship at the temple of the Lord, where
7. But we should like your piety to ask them this. When Israel was ordered to go up to Jerusalem to worship at the temple of the Lord, where was the ark, and above it the Cherubim of glory overshadowing the Mercy-seat [4767] ,' did they do well or the opposite? If they did ill, how came it that they who despised this law were li…
1,226 wordsSECTION 304Letter LXI.--Letter to Maximus. (Written about 371 a.d.)
Letter LXI.--Letter to Maximus. (Written about 371 a.d.) To our beloved and most truly longed-for son, Maximus [4776] , philosopher, Athanasius greeting in the Lord. Having read the letter now come from you, I approve your piety: but, marvelling at the rashness of those who understand neither what they say nor whereof they con…
1,634 wordsSECTION 305Letter LXII.--To John and Antiochus. [4797]
Letter LXII.--To John and Antiochus. [4797] Athanasius to John and Antiochus, our beloved sons and fellow-presbyters in the Lord, greeting. I was glad to receive your letter just now, the more so as you wrote from Jerusalem. I thank you for informing me about the brethren that there assembled, and about those who wish, on acco…
870 wordsSECTION 306Letter LXIV.--To Diodorus (fragment).
Letter LXIV.--To Diodorus (fragment). To my lord, son, and most beloved fellow-minister Diodorus [bishop of Tyre] [4805] , Athanasius greeting in the Lord. I thank my Lord, Who is everywhere establishing His doctrine, and chiefly so by means of His own sons, such as actual fact shews you to be. For before your Reverence wrote,…
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* aidia: [2996]1 [2997]2 * aidion gennema: [2998]1 * aidios: [2999]1 * agape ex agapes: [3000]1 * agapen patros: [3001]1 * agen: [3002]1 * ageneton: [3003]1 [3004]2 [3005]3 [3006]4 [3007]5 [3008]6 [3009]7 [3010]8 [3011]9 [3012]10 [3013]11 * agenetos: [3014]1 [3015]2 [3016]3 [3017]4 [3018]5 [3019]6 [3020]7 [3021]8 [3022]9 [3023]1…
7,888 wordsSECTION 309Index of Pages of the Print Edition
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