The Eusebians: The Polemic of Athanasius of Alexandria and the Construction of the ‘Arian Controversy’. By David M. Gwynn
David Gwynn defines the focus of his study as ‘the origins and evolution of Athanasius’ presentation of those whom he regarded as “heretics” as a single “Arian party”’, and his two main conclusions are, first, that ‘the “Eusebians” who play so prominent a role in modern scholarly accounts of the “Ar...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 715-718 |
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| Summary: | David Gwynn defines the focus of his study as ‘the origins and evolution of Athanasius’ presentation of those whom he regarded as “heretics” as a single “Arian party”’, and his two main conclusions are, first, that ‘the “Eusebians” who play so prominent a role in modern scholarly accounts of the “Arian Controversy” were in fact neither a “party” nor “Arian”’, and, second, that ‘Athanasius’ image of a fourth-century church polarized between his own “orthodoxy” and the “Arianism” of the “Eusebians” is a polemical construct’ which seriously distorts historical reality (p. vii). His book has three parts: a survey of the date and context of Athanasius’ polemical writings (pp. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flm100 |