The PRC Contra Mundum

"Contra mundum"! "Against the world"! This was what they said of the preacher and theologian of the early church, Athanasius: "Athanasius contra mundum." It was true. The issue for the catholic church of Christ was the Godhead of Jesus the Messiah. The Council of Nicea (A.D. 325) had declared the full Godhead of Jesus: "of one substance with the Father." The young Athanasius had played a part in achieving this confession. But the doctrine that Jesus is God was by no means established in the...