Lucifer of Cagliari, Concerning Athanasius

Why no one must judge or condemn a man in his absence

By (author) Ashley Beck

Book cover: Lucifer of Cagliari, Concerning Athanasius

Extent: 232 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Brepols Library of Christian Sources

Series volume number: 2

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2021)

ISBN: 9782503592831

Price: $63.00

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Lucifer was Bishop of Cagliari in Sardinia in the middle of the fourth century. He was a devoted ally of the great theologian and Bishop of Alexandria, St Athanasius, and a strong opponent of Arianism and the Roman Emperor Constantius II. Exiled with Athanasius in AD 355 his surviving writings are all vituperative attacks on the emperor. The two books ‘Concerning Athanasius’ are his most substantial work, written in 359-360. Lucifer gives us a vivid picture of the passion aroused in the fourth century by debates about the nature of Christ and the relationship between the Church and the Roman Empire. This volume is the first translation into English of any of Lucifer’s works.

  • By (author) Ashley Beck