Athanasius

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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British Dictionary definitions for Athanasius

Athanasius

/ (ˌæθəˈneɪʃəs) /

noun

Saint. ?296–373 ad, patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism. Feast day: May 2

Derived forms of Athanasius

Athanasian, adjective

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