Athanasius of Alexandria on the nature of saving faith
C.296 – 373 · GREEK FATHER
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THE POSITION
Not analysed in the texts read. He speaks of believing and of the faith of the church but never breaks faith into components.
WHAT OTHERS HOLD HERE
Knowledge + assent + trust; all three requiredJOSH HOWERTON · SECOND LONDON BAPTIST CONFESSION · PHILIP MELANCHTHON · CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON · WESTMINSTER CONFESSION
Essentially trust that grasps ChristAUGUSTINE · CALVIN · JONATHAN EDWARDS · M. HEISER · LUTHER · JOHN MACARTHUR · JOHN OWEN · R.C. SPROUL · WESLEY · ZWINGLI
Assent to revealed truth, made saving by loveAQUINAS
See all 20 figures on the nature of saving faith →ABOUT THIS FIGURE
Defender of Nicene orthodoxy against Arianism through repeated exiles. On the Incarnation is his central work on why God became man.
10 OF 15 POSITIONS QUOTED
Everything Athanasius holds →Cite this page
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