Chapter 1

THE FATHER OF ORTHODOXY

By F.A. [Francis Alice] Forbes

"Jesus said to them: Amen, Amen I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am." --John 8:58

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. . . . And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us." --John 1:14

Nihil Obstat: J.N. Strassmaier, S.J. Censor Deputatus

Imprimatur: Edmund Canon Surmont Vicar General Westminster August 5, 1919

Originally published in 1919 by R. & T. Washbourne, Ltd., London, as part of the series _Standard-bearers of the Faith: A Series of Lives of the Saints for Young and Old_.

"Born of the Father before all ages, God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father . . . " --From the Nicene Creed

CONTENTS

1. A Foreshadowing

2. Arius the Heresiarch

3. The Great Council

4. The Calm Before the Storm

5. False Witnesses

6. A Royal-Hearted Exile

7. The Day of Rejoicing

8. The Invisible Patriarch

9. A Short-Lived Peace

10. The Last Exile

11. The Truce of God

SAINT ATHANASIUS

"I and the Father are one." --Words of Our Lord (John 10:30)