Tag: Athanasius

"Straight away He put away death" - Athanasius, On the Incarnation §9

“Straight away He put away death” – Athanasius, On the Incarnation §9

To this end He takes to Himself a body capable of death, that it, by partaking of the Word Who is above all, might be worthy to die in the stead of all, and might, because of the Word which had come to dwell in it, remain incorruptible, and that ...
Athanasius on the purpose of the incarnation: "This He did out of sheer love for us, so that in His death all might die, and the law of death thereby be abolished"

Athanasius on the purpose of the incarnation: “This He did out of sheer love for us, so that in His death all might die, and the law of death thereby be abolished”

This He did out of sheer love for us, so that in His death all might die, and the law of death thereby be abolished because, having fulfilled in His body that for which it was appointed, it was thereafter voided of its power for men. This He did that ...
"Death has lost its power over all." Athanasius on the union of Christ with humankind

“Death has lost its power over all.” Athanasius on the union of Christ with humankind

For Athanasius, the divinity of Christ was crucial for the salvation of humanity. By receiving a human body, Christ, the eternal Word of God, bestowed the gift of his divinity upon our humanity, says Athanasius. "by virtue of the Word’s indwelling in a single human body, the corruption which goes ...
Athanasius on eternal election

Athanasius on eternal election

Nor in any other way was it fitting that our life should be founded, but in the Lord who is before the ages, and through whom the ages were brought to be; that, since it was in Him, we too might be able to inherit that everlasting life ...
On the Incarnation: Saint Athanasius (Popular Patristics) (translated by John Behr)

On the Incarnation: Saint Athanasius (Popular Patristics) (translated by John Behr)

Athanasius, On the Incarnation (St Vladimirs Seminary Press 2012). John Behr is formerly the Dean of St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Professor of Patristics, and Editor of the Popular Patristics Series. Athanasius' On the Incarnation is certainly one of my all time favorite theological works. The Latin title of the ...