Saint Athanasius
Published: 2015-07-20
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Excerpt from Later Treatises of S. Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria: With Notes; And an Appendix on S. Cyril of Alexandria and Theodoret The times, for which God raised up S. Athanasius, have, in many respects, a counterpart in our own. There is, now too, earnest, ever-enlarging, adherence to the faith, in those who hold it. But there is also a wide-spread dislike of definite doctrine, such as found a vent in the different shades of Arianism. They framed eleven Creeds, to satisfy themselves or others, over-against the one faith, put forth at Nicaea and accepted by the whole Church. They swung to and fro, at times approximating nearer to the truth; but their secret maxim, unknown to themselves, was, 'anything but the Truth.' The human mind, in matters of faith as well as practice, hates restraint. Revelation has disclosures of Divine truth which man's intellect may search out in adoring love, while it can never fathom the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God. Still, it is a restraint. It is a promise of the Gospel, "Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."