The Bible in Athanasius of Alexandria

The Bible in Athanasius of Alexandria

Author: James D. Ernest

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-12-28

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9004496602

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This study of uses of Scripture in the writings of Athanasius of Alexandria draws upon detailed textual observations to construct a coherent description of interpretive practices across the several genres in which this prominent fourth-century bishop wrote.


The Bible in Athanasius of Alexandria

The Bible in Athanasius of Alexandria

Author: James D. Ernest

Publisher: Bible in Ancient Christianity

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13:

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This study of uses of Scripture in the writings of Athanasius of Alexandria draws upon detailed textual observations to construct a coherent description of interpretive practices across the several genres in which this prominent fourth-century bishop wrote.


The Canon of the New Testament

The Canon of the New Testament

Author: Bruce M. Metzger

Publisher: OUP UK

Published: 1997-03-06

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0198269544

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A study of the long and gradual process in Church history which led to recognition of the canonical status of the books of the New Testament.


De Incarnatione Verbi Dei

De Incarnatione Verbi Dei

Author: Saint Patriarch of Alexa Athanasius

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781017199741

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Athanasius

Athanasius

Author: Albert Haase OFM

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2012-03-22

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 083083592X

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Athanasius, one of the most influential church fathers in history, records in his Life of Antony of Egypt the story of another extremely influential figure of early Christianity. Albert Haase's paraphrase of this important work gives us access to a masterwork of spiritual formation, that we too might know God as richly as Athanasius did.


Athanasius of Alexandria

Athanasius of Alexandria

Author: Peter Barnes

Publisher: Christian Focus

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781527103924

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Part of the Early Church Fathers series 4th century theologian A fierce opponent of Arianism


The Many Faces of Christ

The Many Faces of Christ

Author: Philip Jenkins

Publisher:

Published: 2015-10-13

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0465066925

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"In The Many Faces of Christ religious historian Philip Jenkins refutes our most basic assumptions about the Lost Gospels and the history of Christianity. He reveals that hundreds of alternative gospels were never lost, but survived and in many cases remained influential texts, both outside and within the official Church. We are taught that these alternative scriptures--such as the Gospels of Thomas, Mary, or Judas--represented intoxicating, daring and often bizarre ideas that were wholly suppressed by the Church in the fourth and fifth centuries. In bringing order to the tumult, the Church canonized only four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The rest, according to this standard account, were lost, destroyed, or hidden. But more than a thousand years after Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and made his Roman Empire do the same, the Christian world retained a much broader range of scriptures than would be imaginable today"--