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✦ Feast Day c. AD 296–373

Feast of Athanasius of Alexandria

Athanasius's five exiles are the strongest evidence that the Arian controversy was a genuine theological dispute. He was exiled by emperors who had everything to gain from his compliance. He refused because he understood what was at stake: if the Son is not truly God, the Incarnation is not what Christians claim and salvation is not what the Creed promises.