Athanasius (1)

This continues a short series on ancient church fathers. At the beginning of the fourth century, the post-Apostolic church had been tested in the fires of persecution, and by the blood of the martyrs the church had grown. But doctrinally she was still a babe. She had the testimony of martyrs; now she needed to be tested by heretics so that her understanding of the truth once delivered to the saints could be developed. The fundamental doctrine of Christianity that first needed development was...