Biography of Athanasius of Alexandria by Robert Wheler Bush
Today’s free book is a biography of Athanasius of Alexandria, part of the Fathers for English Readers series, by Robert Wheler Bush. This public domain title was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library.
Robert Wheler Bush [1820-1908], St. Athanasius: His Life and Times. The Fathers for English Readers. London: SPCK, 1888. Hbk. pp.252. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]
Table of Contents
- The Birthplace of Athanasius
- The Birth, Boyhood, and Yout of Athanasius
- Athanasius Appointed Secretary to Alexander
- Earlier Writings of Athanasius
- Arius the Heresiarch
- The Council of Nicea
- Athanasius made Archbishop of Alexandria
- A Time of Peace
- False Charges Against Athanasius
- Graver plots against Athanasius
- Athansius’s First Exile Passed at Theves
- Fresh Troubles on his Return to His See
- His Second Exile Spent at Rome
- Councils of Milan and Sardica
- Athanasius’s Second Restoration to his See
- Life and Work at Alexandria
- His Third Exile Spent in the Desert
- The Literary Harvest of his Third Exile
- His Third Restoration to his See
- His Fourth Exile by the Banks of the Nile
- His Fourth Restoration to his See
- His Fifth Brief Exile and Return
- The Closing Years of his Life
- His Character as a Man
- His Character as a Theologian
- Appendix.—On Arianism and Semi-Arianism
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