Athanasius









Athanasius


Athanasius [ath-uh-ney-shuh s] Examples noun

  1. Saint,a.d. 296?–373, bishop of Alexandria: opponent of Arianism.

Examples from the Web for athanasius Contemporary Examples of athanasius

  • Athanasius Kircher, the eccentric seventeenth-century Jesuit polymath, collector of curiosities, and borderline crank.

    Joshua Foer: How I Write

    Noah Charney

    January 16, 2013

  • Athanasius Kircher was a Jesuit priest and polymath, a man of unusual talents.

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    Mythili Rao

    November 7, 2012

  • Historical Examples of athanasius

  • The victory of Athanasius was in no sense a defeat for Hellenism.

    The Legacy of Greece

    Various

  • The celebrated Athanasius, and other bishops, were banished, and their sees filled with Arians.

    Fox’s Book of Martyrs

    John Foxe

  • The deportation of Athanasius strengthened the position of the missionaries.

    Castes and Tribes of Southern India

    Edgar Thurston

  • See also Athanasius’ third discourse against the Arians, 32.

    Modern Skepticism

    C. J. Ellicott

  • It was years since he had repeated the creed of Saint Athanasius.

    The Following of the Star

    Florence L. Barclay

  • British Dictionary definitions for athanasius Athanasius noun

    1. Saint. ?296–373 ad, patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism. Feast day: May 2

    Derived FormsAthanasian, adjective

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