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- Greek patriarch of Alexandria and leading defender of Christian orthodoxy against Arianism.
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- noun (Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373)
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In Sanskrit, Kalachakra means “Wheel of Time”; some call it the Subterranean World, the same term Athanasius Kircher used to describe his underground world of caves.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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In Sanskrit, Kalachakra means “Wheel of Time”; some call it the Subterranean World, the same term Athanasius Kircher used to describe his underground world of caves.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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A link to the Boston Congregation of St. Athanasius is at the left.
12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004 John 2003
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The name Athanasius was given him in honour of the saint on whose feast he was born.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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St. Athanasius is not the author of the creed which is so frequently read in our churches.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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May I presume to add, that the portrait of Athanasius is one of the passages of my history (vol.ii. p. 332, &c.) with which I am the least dissatisfied?
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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(See the original epistle in Athanasius, tom.ii. p. 33.)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Ethiopia, * to exclude Athanasius from the most remote and sequestered regions of the earth.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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As a punishment for the imaginary offence, he again banished Athanasius from the city; and he was pleased to suppose, that this act of justice would be highly agreeable to his pious subjects.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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He reckons ninety-seven bishops.] 111 This magistrate, so odious to Athanasius, is praised by Gregory Nazianzen, tom. i.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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