Defence of the Nicene Definition

By Athanasius of Alexandria · Running time 02:18:27 · Christianity - Commentary

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“This letter must have been written in the interval between the return of Athanasius in 346 and his flight in 356...It is written in answer to a friend who in disputing with Arians had been posed by their objection to the use of non-scriptural terms in the Nicene Definition. He accordingly asks for some account of what the council had done...Athanasius begins his answer by stigmatising the evasions and inconsistency of the Arianisers, and describing their conduct at the council, and how they eventually subscribed to the terms now complained of (1–5). He then investigates the meaning of the div

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