Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria from 328 to 373 and the great defender of the Nicene faith: Against the Heathen and On the Incarnation, his defenses and apologies, the History of the Arians, the Four Discourses Against the Arians, On the Councils, the Life of Antony, and his Festal and personal letters. Modern English from the Post-Nicene Fathers translation.
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Contents
Against the Heathen, Part 1
1Why This Book Is Written2Man as God First Made Him3How Man Fell Away4How the Soul Turned from the Truth5What Evil Is6Wrong Ideas About Evil7There Cannot Be Two Gods8How Idolatry Began9The Many Forms of Idolatry10Gods Made by Decree11The Deeds of Zeus12Gods Who Were Only Men13The Folly of Worshiping Images14What Scripture Says About Images15The Poets and Artists Expose Their Own Gods16The Excuse That the Poets Made It Up17The Scandals Are True and the Praise Is Flattery18The Excuse That the Gods Invented the Arts19The Defenses Offered for Images20Where Does the Power of an Image Lie?21Images as Letters That Call Down Angels22An Image Cannot Show the Form of God23The Nations Cannot Agree on Their Gods24One Nation’s God Is Another’s Sacrifice25Human Sacrifice26The Gods Taught Their Worshipers Vice27Creation Points to Its Maker28The Universe as a Whole Is Not God29The Powers of Nature Overcome One Another