{"product_id":"eusebians-the-polemic-of-athanasius-of-alexandria-and-the-the","title":"Eusebians: The Polemic of Athanasius of Alexandria and the, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eA historical and theological re-evaluation of the polemical writings of Athanasius of Alexandria (bishop 328-73), who would become known to later Christian generations as a saint and a champion of orthodoxy, and as the defender of the original Nicene Creed of 325 against the `Arian heresy'. For much of his own lifetime, however, Athanasius was an extremely controversial figure, and his writings, although highly influential on modern interpretations of the\n\u003cbr\u003efourth-century Church and the so-called `Arian Controversy', display bias and distortion. David M. Gwynn examines Athanasius' polemic in detail, and in particular his construction of those he condemns as `Arian'\n\u003cbr\u003eas a single `heretical party', 'the Eusebians'. Gwynn argues that Athanasius' image of the Church polarized between his own `orthodoxy' and the `Arianism' of the `Eusebians' is a polemical construct, which has seriously impaired our knowledge of the development of Christianity in the crucial period in which the Later Roman Empire became ever increasingly a Christian empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156338733294,"sku":"9780199205554","price":316.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199205554.jpg?v=1706218466","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/eusebians-the-polemic-of-athanasius-of-alexandria-and-the-the","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}