Four Orations Against the Arians

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Christian theological discourse patristic text theological work

Four Orations Against the Arians is a series of theological discourses by Athanasius of Alexandria defending Nicene orthodoxy and refuting Arian Christology in the early Christian church.

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First Oration Against the Arians 1
Fourth Oration Against the Arians 1
Second Oration Against the Arians 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological discourse ⓘ
patristic text ⓘ
theological work ⓘ
aim defense of orthodox doctrine of the Son ⓘ
refutation of Arian exegesis ⓘ
associatedPerson Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ
associatedWith Nicene party ⓘ
author Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ
circulation Greek-speaking Christian communities ⓘ
context Arian controversy ⓘ
early Christian church ⓘ
defends Nicene Creed ⓘ
surface form: Nicene formula

full divinity of the Son ⓘ
homoousios doctrine ⓘ
ecclesiasticalStatus orthodox text in mainstream Christianity ⓘ
genre apologetic literature ⓘ
polemical theology ⓘ
hasPart Four Orations Against the Arians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Oration Against the Arians

Four Orations Against the Arians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fourth Oration Against the Arians

Four Orations Against the Arians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Second Oration Against the Arians

Four Orations Against the Arians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Third Oration Against the Arians
historicalPeriod 4th century ⓘ
influenced later Trinitarian theology ⓘ
patristic Christology ⓘ
influencedBy Council of Nicaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
opposes Arianism ⓘ
surface form: Arian Christology

Arianism ⓘ
partOf Athanasius’s anti-Arian writings ⓘ
preservedIn patristic manuscript tradition ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Alexandria
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
studiedIn dogmatic theology ⓘ
historical theology ⓘ
patristics ⓘ
subject Christology ⓘ
Nicene Creed ⓘ
Trinity ⓘ
divinity of Christ ⓘ
heresy ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Nicene Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Nicene orthodoxy
theologicalPosition the Son is consubstantial with the Father ⓘ
the Son is eternal ⓘ
the Son is not a creature ⓘ
tradition Alexandrian theology ⓘ
uses biblical exegesis ⓘ

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this entity surface form: First Oration Against the Arians
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this entity surface form: Second Oration Against the Arians
Four Orations Against the Arians → hasPart → Four Orations Against the Arians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Oration Against the Arians
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this entity surface form: Fourth Oration Against the Arians
Athanasius of Alexandria → notableWork → Four Orations Against the Arians ⓘ