Select Works and Letters

Saint Athanasius - NPNF II/4

Saint Athanasius the Great

The great defender of the faith of Nicaea, his apologetic, dogmatic, and historical works, with the famous Life of Antony that shaped all later monasticism.

Against the Heathen (Contra Gentes)

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On the Incarnation of the Word

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Deposition of Arius

1 2 3 4

Statement of Faith (Expositio Fidei)

1

On Luke 10:22 (Matt. 11:27)

1 2

Circular Letter (Epistola Encyclica)

1 2

Defence Against the Arians (Apologia Contra Arianos)

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Defence of the Nicene Definition (De Decretis)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

On the Opinion of Dionysius (De Sententia Dionysii)

1 2 3 4 5

Life of Antony (Vita Antoni)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

To the Bishops of Egypt (Ad Episcopos Aegypti)

1 2 3

Apology to the Emperor (Apologia ad Constantium)

1 2 3 4 5 6

Defence of His Flight (Apologia de Fuga)

1 2 3 4

History of the Arians

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Four Discourses Against the Arians

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On the Councils of Ariminum and Seleucia (De Synodis)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Synodal Letter to the People of Antioch (Tomus ad Antiochenos)

1 2

Synodal Letter to the Bishops of Africa (Ad Afros Epistola Synodica)

1 2 3

The Historia Acephala

1 2 3 4

Letters of Athanasius (Festal & Personal)

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