“ Our Lord took on a body like ours and lived as a man in order that those who had refused to recognize Him in His superintendence and capacity of the whole universe might come to recognize from the wor… Athanasius of Alexandria
“ The Self-revealing of the Word is in every dimension - above, in creation; below, in the Incarnation; in the depth, in Hades; in the breadth, throughout the world. All things have been filled with the… Athanasius of Alexandria
“ But if they are shown to be, and are the works not of men but of God, why are the unbelievers so irreligious as not to recognize the Master Who did them? Athanasius of Alexandria
“ The presence and love of the Word had called them into being; inevitably, therefore when they lost the knowledge of God, they lost existence with it; for it is God alone Who exists, evil is non-being,… Athanasius of Alexandria
“ For, indeed, everything about is marvelous, and wherever a man turns his gaze he sees the Godhead of the Word and is smitten with awe. Athanasius of Alexandria
“ The Lord did not come to make a display. He came to heal and to teach suffering men. For one who wanted to make a display the thing would have been just to appear and dazzle the beholders. But for Him… Athanasius of Alexandria
“ For the Lord touched all parts of creation, and freed and undeceived them all from every deceit. Athanasius of Alexandria
“ It was a dictum of his that the soul's energy thrives when the body's desires are feeblest. Athanasius of Alexandria
“ For the Word, realizing that in no other way would the corruption of human beings be undone except, simply, by dying, yet being immortal and the Son of the Father of the Word was not able to die, for… Athanasius of Alexandria
“ Dead men cannot take effective action; their power of influence on others lasts only till the grave. Deeds and actions that energise others belong only to the living. Well, then, look at the facts in… Athanasius of Alexandria
“ He, the Life of all, our Lord and Saviour, did not arrange the manner of his own death lest He should seem to be afraid of some other kind. No. He accepted and bore upon the cross a death inflicted by… Athanasius of Alexandria
“ The body of the Word, then, being a real human body, in spite of its having been uniquely formed from a virgin, was of itself mortal and, like other bodies, liable to death. But the indwelling of the… Athanasius of Alexandria
“ Even on the cross He did not hide Himself from sight; rather, He made all creation witness to the presence of its Maker. Athanasius of Alexandria
