HEROES OF CHRIST — ST. ATHANASIUS (FEAST DAY MAY 2ND)

St. Athanasius is one of the greatest of the early Fathers of the Church.  While a Deacon, he is thought to have been instrumental in th formation of the Nicene Creed.  His writing De Incarnatione, is still the mot important defense of the Incarnation of Christ against the Arian sympathizers in the early Church.