Athanasius On Scripture and Tradition
It’s been a while since I last published a blog, but in my previous one, I got a little excited and skipped over Athanasius and jumped right into Chrysostom, a church father I really like. So, I’m taking a step back in time so I can fill in a gap in the middle of the 4th century, right where Athanasius fits. For those of you that may not know a lot about church history, it is more likely that you may have heard of this specific church father, as he is famously known for, Athanasius Contra Mundum , or in English, ‘Athanasius Against the World.’ Almost single handedly, he made a courageous stand against the Arians, that included opposing bishops, popes and emperors, all of whom denied the deity of Christ, calling Jesus a created being. His position may have prevailed, but he paid a heavy price, at least as we would count it here on earth. The early church was forced to deal with a number of doctrinal issues in its first 300 years, mainly because of Gnosticism which spawned all sorts of d...