Athanasius

[ ath-uh-ney-shuhs ]

noun

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

Athanasius

/ ˌæθəˈneɪʃəs /

noun

1. Athanasius, Saint?296373MGreekRELIGION: clergymanRELIGION: saint Saint. ?296–373 ad , patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism. Feast day: May 2

Derived Forms

• ˌAthaˈnasian, adjective

Example Sentences

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

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

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The combatants were as great as Athanasius and Arius,--as vehement, as earnest, though not so fierce.

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Thus Athanasius is identified with the Trinitarian controversy, although he was a minister of theological knowledge in general.

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Athanasius, I think, is the first who ascribes a divine origin to the institution of Sunday.

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But when this great saint was persecuted he was a man called Athanasius, and Saint Theresa was a nun.

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The Athanasian Creed embodies the view of Athanasius, but probably was not composed by him.

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