Church Fatherc. 296–373

Athanasius of Alexandria

Who

Bishop of Alexandria and the great defender of the divinity of Christ at and after Nicaea; also the first to list the twenty-seven books of the New Testament. Pitre stresses that Protestants revere him, and that his statements about Mary come from his defence of Christ.

What Pitre quotes

Homily from the Papyrus of Turin — 'O Ark of the New Covenant, clothed with purity instead of gold! You are the Ark in which is found the golden vessel containing the true manna, that is, the flesh in which divinity resides' (p 61)
Against the Arians 3.29 — one of the first indisputable uses of 'Mother of God' (Theotokos) — inside a treatise defending Jesus' divinity (p 82)
Against the Arians — Theotokos connected to Isaiah's prophecy of Immanuel (p 84)
On Virginity — 'If she had had other children, the Savior would not have ignored them and entrusted his Mother to someone else' (p 113)

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Cited by · 5

ArgumentWhat did the Ark contain — and how does Mary fulfill it?
'the Ark in which is found the golden vessel containing the true manna, that is, the flesh in which divinity resides' (p 61)
ArgumentIf Mary is the Ark, Jesus is God — Hippolytus, Athanasius and Jacob of Serug
Homily from the Papyrus of Turin (p 61)
Argument'Mother of God with us' — and why honoring her isn't worship.
Against the Arians 3.29 (p 82)
ArgumentTheotokos — Athanasius, Gregory Nazianzen, Ephesus 431, what 'Mother of God' does not mean, and the word assembled from Matthew 1:23
Against the Arians 3.29 (pp 82, 84)
ArgumentThe Fathers on the same three texts; Helvidius vs Jerome; Constantinople II and 'Aeiparthenos'
On Virginity (p 113)

Passages · 3

PassageAthanasius — Against the Arians 3.29
one of the first indisputable uses of 'Mother of God' (Theotokos) — inside a treatise defending Jesus' divinity (p 82)
PassageAthanasius — Homily from the Papyrus of Turin
'O Ark of the New Covenant, clothed with purity instead of gold! You are the Ark in which is found the golden vessel containing the true manna, that is, the flesh in which divinity resides' (p 61)
PassageAthanasius — On Virginity
'If she had had other children, the Savior would not have ignored them and entrusted his Mother to someone else' (p 113)

Verses discussed · 4

Referenced by · 6

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