Born about 295 (estimates of his birth date vary) in Alexandria, he was Egyptian by birth but Greek by. This book is also available from SVS Press with the original Greek text presented on the facing page. The Orthodox Church celebrates his memory on 2 May. Athanasius in the fourth century, it expounds with simplicity the theological vision defended at the councils of Nicaea and Constantinople: that the Son of God himself became "fully human, so that we might become god." Its influence on all Christian theology thereafter, East and West, ensures its place as one of the few "must read" books of Christian theology for all time.We are pleased to offer this new translation with a full introduction by C.S. Lewis, from the IntroductionBy any standard, this is a classic of Christian theology. for only a master mind could have written so deeply on a subject with such classical simplicity. When I first opened his De Incarnatione I soon discovered I was reading a masterpiece.
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