Athanasian

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[ath-uh-ney-zhuhn] / ˌæθ əˈneɪ ʒən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Athanasius or to the doctrines ascribed to him.

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noun

1. Theology. a follower of Athanasius or a believer in the Athanasian Creed.

Etymology

Origin of Athanasian

First recorded in 1580–90; Athanasi(us) + -an

Example Sentences

And have you got any good from learning the collects for Sunday and the Benedicite and the Athanasian Creed and the thirty-nine Articles?

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton

It contains a complete version of the book of Psalms, followed by the usual eleven canticles and the Athanasian Creed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

That the hypothesis, here to be adopted, accounts not only for the Athanasian Creed, but for the Creed of Pope Pius, is no fault of those who adopt it.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

Bishop Burnet has shown that the Athanasian creed was a forgery of the eighth century.

From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Mitchell, Logan

Dionysii would appear to be the only writers whose language is at any time exact and systematic enough to remind us of the Athanasian Creed.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal