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Athanasius

Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296–373). Bishop of Alexandria; chief Nicene opponent of Arius; author of the Orations Against the Arians.

• Defense of the Nicene Definition c. 350–351 De Decretis Athanasius’s defense of the Nicene council’s language against Arian and semi-Arian objections. English in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II.
• Orations Against the Arians c. 339–345 Athanasius’s four discourses against Arian teaching, including his report of Arius’s Thalia. English in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II.