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Athanasius I of Alexandria [note 1] (c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th pope of Alexandria (as Athanasius I).
Athanasius of Alexandria was traditionally thought to be the author of the Athanasian Creed, and gives his name to its common title.. The Athanasian Creed—also called the Quicunque Vult (or Quicumque Vult), which is both its Latin name and its opening words, meaning "Whosoever wishes"—is a Christian statement of belief focused on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology.
The council chose Alexandria because of its famous school of astronomy, [1] and the date of Easter depends on the spring equinox and the phases of the moon. The most famous of those letters are those authored by Athanasius, a collection of which was rediscovered in a Syriac translation in 1842. [2]
Athanasius (Ancient Greek: Ἀθανάσιος, fl. 5th century CE) of Alexandria was a presbyter in that city, and a son of Isidora, the sister of Cyril of Alexandria. At the Council of Chalcedon in 451 CE, he presented a complaint against Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria .
Arius himself attended the council as well as the young deacon Athanasius, who attended as an assistant to Alexander of Alexandria [11] and who would become the champion of the Nicene Creed and spend most of his life battling Arianism and other form of Unitarianism.
Image of Athanasius of Alexandria on an icon. Tomus ad Antiochenos is a letter or mediation proposal written by Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria on behalf of a regional synod he convened in Alexandria in 362, addressed to a group of bishops seeking a solution to the schism between "Eustathians" and "Meletians" in the parishes of Antioch.
Pope Athanasius I of Alexandria (c. 293 – 2 May 373), Coptic Pope Pope Athanasius II of Alexandria (died 496), Coptic Pope Pope Athanasius III of Alexandria ( fl. 1250–1261), Coptic Pope
When Anastasius learned of Athanasius's succession there, he wrote him a letter commending him on his wisdom in retracting his predecessor's errors, [1] and urged him to help establish closer relations, and perhaps even unity, between the churches of Alexandria and Antioch. Upon receiving the letter, Athanasius convened a council of his bishops ...