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On the Incarnation of the Word

Explains why the Word became flesh: to defeat corruption, reveal God, and restore humanity in the divine image.

Athanasiusc. AD 3184th century

Overview

Category
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
Genre
Treatise
Tradition
Eastern
Region
Eastern Mediterranean
Original language
Greek
Date certainty
Approximate

Historical context

Manuscript context

On the Incarnation of the Word circulated in Eastern Mediterranean and is received through Greek manuscript and translation traditions associated with Athanasius.

Themes

Trinitarian TheologyChristologySpiritual Formation

Controversies

  • Christological debates

Source links

  • English translation

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  • Archive mirror

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On the Incarnation of the Word

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