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Athanasius Against the World

Happy St. Athanasius Day! Athanasius was the fourth-century Father who took on the world when, in the words of St. Jerome, “the world awoke to find itself Arian.” In his own lifetime, Athanasius was known as the Father of Orthodoxy. Get to know this guy, and you’ll always stay on the straight and narrow.

I’ll be on Spirit FM radio this morning to talk about St. Athanasius with Bruce and Kris McGregor. If you can listen online, tune in here. The McGregors are lovely people, and Spirit Morning Show is the cheeriest way to start your day. Eventually the Athanasius show will be archived here, with my other appearances on KVSS. No one is doing more to promote the Fathers via radio. You can help KVSS by donating here.

Read the works of St. Athanasius here and here.

Read his life in the old Catholic Encyclopedia here.

You’ll find a great selection of his icons here.

2 thoughts on “Athanasius Against the World

  1. Saint A’s work ON THE INCARNATION OF THE WORD is must reading for any
    catholic. His work AGAINST THE HEATHEN should not be ignored. All should aquaint themselves with his amazing and uplifting life.

  2. You’re right about that. What most impresses me is that he was able to keep such a keen sense of humor amid all his adversities. If I recall correctly, he was a bishop for about 50 years and he spent about a third of those years in exile, often in hiding or in flight!

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