Athanasius
Athanasius was a fourth-century bishop of Alexandria and theologian, central to early Christian debates over the nature of Christ.
He championed the doctrine that Christ was fully divine—of the same substance as God the Father—against Arianism, which held Christ to be a created being.
His position prevailed at the Council of Nicaea and shaped orthodox Christian theology.
Athanasian describes views aligned with his teaching.
Godhead as three persons
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- consubstantialSharing the same being
- incarnationQuality given bodily presence
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
Christology · doctrine · creed · heresy · dogma · eternal · begotten · Father
Systematic doctrine defense
- ContraNicaraguan anti-government fighter
- festalRelating to celebration
- lettersAlphabetic characters or mail
- LifeState of being
Antony · hagiography · treatise · epistle · writings · polemics · biography · Greek
Diocesan clergy head
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- patriarchMale head of family
- cathedraBishop's ceremonial seat
- dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
clergy · ordination · synod · council · metropolitan · Egypt · Coptic · primacy
Banishment from homeland
- emperorMale ruler of empire
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- TrierHistoric Moselle River city
- RomeItaly's capital city
desert · flight · banishment · fourth-century · Roman · imperial · Julian · controversy
Roman general and statesman
- desertTo leave behind completely
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- hermitPerson choosing total seclusion
- monksCloistered religious men
Egypt · solitude · wilderness · hagiography · vita · spirituality · renunciation · contemplation
Trinity
Godhead as three persons
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- consubstantialSharing the same being
- incarnationQuality given bodily presence
divinity · Christology · doctrine · creed · heresy · dogma · eternal · begotten · Father · hypostasis
apologetics
Systematic doctrine defense
- ContraNicaraguan anti-government fighter
- festalRelating to celebration
- lettersAlphabetic characters or mail
Life · Antony · hagiography · treatise · epistle · writings · polemics · biography · Greek · theology
bishop
Diocesan clergy head
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- patriarchMale head of family
- cathedraBishop's ceremonial seat
diocese · clergy · ordination · synod · council · metropolitan · Egypt · Coptic · primacy · apostolic
exile
Banishment from homeland
- emperorMale ruler of empire
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- TrierHistoric Moselle River city
Rome · desert · flight · banishment · fourth-century · Roman · imperial · Julian · controversy · conflict
Antony
Roman general and statesman
- desertTo leave behind completely
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- hermitPerson choosing total seclusion
monks · Egypt · solitude · wilderness · hagiography · vita · spirituality · renunciation · contemplation · retreat
- ancient AlexandriaLighthouse of Alexandria, Serapeum, Ptolemy, Cleopatra, Alexander the Great
- atonementpropitiation, substitution, reconciler, forgiveness, sin offering
- Christian ApologistsC.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Blaise Pascal
- Christian ScholarsAugustine, Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Jerome, church fathers
- Christian ThinkersThomas Aquinas, Augustine, Aquinas, Bernard of Clairvaux, Pope John Paul II
- early churchapostles, early church, Church Fathers, apostolic fathers, Acts of the Apostles