Four Orations Against the Arians

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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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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 formula ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Creed

full divinity of the Son ⓘ
homoousios doctrine ⓘ
ecclesiasticalStatus orthodox text in mainstream Christianity ⓘ
genre apologetic literature ⓘ
polemical theology ⓘ
hasPart First Oration Against the Arians ⓘ
Fourth Oration Against the Arians ⓘ
Second Oration Against the Arians ⓘ
Third Oration Against the Arians ⓘ
historicalPeriod 4th century ⓘ
influenced later Trinitarian theology ⓘ
patristic Christology ⓘ
influencedBy Council of Nicaea ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
opposes Arian Christology ⓘ
linked to: Arianism

Arianism ⓘ
partOf Athanasius’s anti-Arian writings ⓘ
preservedIn patristic manuscript tradition ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Alexandria ⓘ
linked to: Alexandria, Egypt
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
studiedIn dogmatic theology ⓘ
historical theology ⓘ
patristics ⓘ
subject Christology ⓘ
Nicene Creed ⓘ
Trinity ⓘ
divinity of Christ ⓘ
heresy ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Nicene orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Christianity
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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