This will give you a beginning, and you must go on to prove its truth by the study of the Scriptures.” 1 All quotations taken from the Popular Patristics Series edition of On the Incarnation (Crestwood, NY: St. It is, according to Athansius, “a brief statement of the faith of Christ and of the manifestation of his Godhead to us. Rather, it was written for a new convert named Macarius to instruct him in the fundamentals of the faith. On the Incarnation was not written in the heat of battle against false teaching. Small in stature, he was great in soul, with an unwearied commitment to defend the true Christian faith. He would hold this post, though exiled a few times, until his death in 373. Athanasius wrote the book under consideration here in 318, was present as a deacon at the Council of Nicaea, and became the bishop of Alexandria three years later. Hailing from Alexandria, the formative years of his youth were spent amidst the horrible persecution of Christians instigated by Diocletian.
In this conviction, we find a true brother in our forefather in the faith, Athanasius. The integrity of the gospel is a non-negotiable. Getting the gospel right is near and dear to the heart of every conservative Christian.
0 kommentar(er)
