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
On the Incarnation of the Word
1The Subject of This Treatise2Mistaken Views of Creation3Creation Out of Nothing4Why Begin with the Making of Man5How Men Lost the Grace They Were Given6Could God Let His Work Perish?7Why Repentance Was Not Enough8The Word Takes a Body from the Virgin9One Body Offered for All10The First Reason for His Coming11Made to Know God, Men Turned to Idols12Creation, the Law, and the Prophets13Only the Image Could Renew the Image14The Portrait Repainted15The Teacher Who Comes Down to His Pupils16He Came as a Man to Be Known as God17In the Body and Everywhere at Once18His Works Show That He Is God19All Creation Confessed Him at His Death20Why He Died for All21Why He Did Not Die a Private Death22Why He Did Not Hide from the Jews23Why His Death Had to Be Public24Why He Did Not Choose His Own Death25Why the Cross26Why He Rose on the Third Day27How the Cross Changed Death28Let the Doubter Come and See29As Sunrise Explains the Daylight30The Resurrection Proved by What He Does31The Living Christ and the Powerless Idols32Known by His Works33Jews and Greeks Answered: His Coming Foretold34His Death Foretold35The Cross Foretold36A King Before He Could Speak37The Life of All, Whose Birth No One Can Tell38Miracles Never Seen Before39Daniel Foretells the Time40The Christ Has Come41Answer to the Greeks: The Word in the Universe42The Word in the Whole and in the Part43Why He Came as a Man44Why a Body, and Not a Bare Command45Every Part of Creation Made to Know the Word46Since the Word Came, the Idols Have Failed47Oracles, Demons, Gods and Magic Exposed48The Proof of Virgins, Martyrs and the Cross49His Works and the Works of the Pagan Gods50The Cross Puts the Philosophers to Shame51Virginity Taught and Savage Peoples Tamed52The Peace Christ Brings53Christ Against All Idolatry at Once54His Works Too Many to Count55The True King Has Come Out56Search the Scriptures and Look for His Coming57A Pure Life for Understanding the Scriptures