treatise

Against the Heathen (Contra Gentes)

The first half of Athanasius's apologetic diptych. A philosophical and biblical critique of pagan polytheism that prepares the ground for On the Incarnation.

c. 318

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New Advent (newadvent.org/fathers)

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John 1:1Romans 1:25Acts 14:15Deuteronomy 4:19Deuteronomy 30:14Ecclesiastes 7:29Exodus 20:3Exodus 20:41 Corinthians 10:231 Timothy 1:19Genesis 1:6-11Genesis 1:20Genesis 1:26John 14:9John 14:10Mark 12:29Matthew 11:25Philippians 3:14Proverbs 8:27Proverbs 18:3Romans 1:20Romans 1:26Wisdom 13:5Wisdom 14:12

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