Early Church
Athanasius of Alexandria
c. 296 – 373 · Egypt
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John 1:1 (KJV)
In the Life of the Saints
Exiled five times for refusing to compromise, Athanasius spent a lifetime defending the truth that Christ is fully God — not a created being, as Arius taught. His stand at the Council of Nicaea shaped the Christian understanding of the Trinity for every generation since.
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