The Bishop in the Desert
In 356 AD, imperial soldiers stormed a church in Alexandria, Egypt, with orders to arrest Bishop Athanasius. The Arian heresy — which denied the full...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab.
In 356 AD, imperial soldiers stormed a church in Alexandria, Egypt, with orders to arrest Bishop Athanasius. The Arian heresy — which denied the full divinity of Christ — had captured the ear of Emperor Constantius II, and the full weight of Rome now turned against one stubborn bishop who refused to bend. It was the fourth of five exiles Athanasius would endure.…
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