This paper examines the Trinitarian theology of Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296-373). His writings span more than forty years and played a significant role in shaping the Church’s understanding of God’s triunity. Athanasius’s notable works defend the Council of Nicaea in 325 and refute the Arian heresy. Athanasius defends the Nicene formula that the Son is of the same substance as the Father (ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί) in his rejection of the Arians. The essay will mainly utilise Athanasius’s Orationes Contra Arianos and De Decretis Nicaenae Synodi as primary sources, with support from recent scholarship.
Benedictine Oblate Insights 