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Four Discourses Against the Arians
Defends the full divinity of the Son and clarifies Nicene logic against subordinationist interpretation.
Athanasiusmid 4th century4th century
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Overview
- Category
- Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
- Genre
- Treatise
- Tradition
- Eastern
- Region
- Alexandria
- Original language
- Greek
- Date certainty
- Range
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Manuscript context
This text is represented here through a composite Greek witness set associated with Athanasius and its transmission in Alexandria.
Themes
Controversies
- Arian controversy
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Primary translation
www.newadvent.org · Source quality: Primary · Last checked: 2026-03-01
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web.archive.org · Source quality: Archive · Last checked: 2026-03-01
Original language witnesses
Witness status: Composite witness set
Composite across the four anti-Arian orations represented in available CTS editions.
Open normalized witness textOratio I contra Arianos
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Oratio II contra Arianos
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Oratio III contra Arianos
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Oratio quarta contra Arianos [Sp.]
License: CC BY-SA 4.0