106 things not many Christians know (but Witness Lee knows)

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Originally Posted by awareness

You mean "Holy" Athanasius that was exiled five times, for heresy. Maybe he wasn't all that holy. Were his writings inspired of God? Should we base our convictions on him?

I have read some about Athanasius, and it was all positive. His 5 exiles should really be considered persecution by the official state powers. His chief opponent was the much older Arius who linked his cause to the emperor Constantine, who wanted to make Christianity the religion of the state without knowing the truths of the scripture. The heresy of Arius (similar to today's JW's) was that Jesus was nor really God. Had Athanasius fought his battle for the faith under a less noble emperor (like one of the Caesars), he would have been martyred.