Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria from AD 328 - 373, was deeply involved in the ecclesiastical conflicts of his age. His major work, Apologia Secunda , completed in AD 357/358 is of great interest in giving Athanasius' defence against the charges which had been pressed against him by his opponents. The present book expounds the significance of the documents which he reproduces by checking these against other sources. It is shown that Athanasius' judgement in historical matters is less sure than in theology. Convinced of the rightness of his cause he adopted dubious methods against the Meletians…mehr
Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria from AD 328 - 373, was deeply involved in the ecclesiastical conflicts of his age. His major work, Apologia Secunda , completed in AD 357/358 is of great interest in giving Athanasius' defence against the charges which had been pressed against him by his opponents. The present book expounds the significance of the documents which he reproduces by checking these against other sources. It is shown that Athanasius' judgement in historical matters is less sure than in theology. Convinced of the rightness of his cause he adopted dubious methods against the Meletians and Eusebians. The book concludes with a series of appendices which fill out what is often only implicit in the Apologia .
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Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies/Publications Universitaires Européenne 467
The Author: Leslie W. Barnard was born in England and, after serving in the army in the second world war, studied Theology at Oxford University. In 1970 he obtained his Ph.D. from Southampton University. Prior to this, in 1968, he had been appointed Lecturer in Church History at Leeds University and he was promoted Senior Lecturer in 1973. Now retired he has published widely on aspects of early Church History and Patristics and has made a special study of the fourth century Church. In 1979 he visited Bulgaria as a British Academy Fellow and this enabled him to establish, for the first time, the exact site of the Council of Serdica held in AD 343, which is central to Athanasius' Apologia Secunda.
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Contents: An evaluation of documents used by the fourth century bishop Athanasius in defending his position against opposition attacks.
