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  • The Eusebians: The Polemic of Athanasius of Alexandria and the Construction of the `Arian Controversy'

    The Eusebians by Gwynn, David M.;

    The Polemic of Athanasius of Alexandria and the Construction of the `Arian Controversy'

    Series: Oxford Theological Monographs;

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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 7 December 2006

    • ISBN 9780199205554
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages296 pages
    • Size 220x145x20 mm
    • Weight 492 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    A historical and theological re-evaluation of the polemical writings of Athanasius of Alexandria (bishop 328-73), who would become known to later Christian generations as a saint and a champion of orthodoxy, and as the defender of the original Nicene Creed of 325 against the `Arian heresy'.

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    A historical and theological re-evaluation of the polemical writings of Athanasius of Alexandria (bishop 328-73), who would become known to later Christian generations as a saint and a champion of orthodoxy, and as the defender of the original Nicene Creed of 325 against the `Arian heresy'. For much of his own lifetime, however, Athanasius was an extremely controversial figure, and his writings, although highly influential on modern interpretations of the fourth-century Church and the so-called `Arian Controversy', display bias and distortion. David M. Gwynn examines Athanasius' polemic in detail, and in particular his construction of those he condemns as `Arian' as a single `heretical party', 'the Eusebians'. Gwynn argues that Athanasius' image of the Church polarized between his own `orthodoxy' and the `Arianism' of the `Eusebians' is a polemical construct, which has seriously impaired our knowledge of the development of Christianity in the crucial period in which the Later Roman Empire became ever increasingly a Christian empire.

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction
    Part I
    The polemical writings of Athanasius: chronology and context
    Part II
    Athanasius' earliest polemical work: the `Eusebians' in the Epistula Encyclica of 339
    The origin of the `Eusebians' in the polemic of Athanasius
    The influence of Athanasius' polemic 339-46
    Part III
    Who were the `Eusebians'?
    The `Eusebians' in action
    The `Arianism' of the `Eusebians'
    Conclusion

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