Part I: Life and Times The Melitian Schism Origins of the Nicene Crisis The Council of Nicaea The Aftermath of Nicaea The Council of Tyre and Athanasius's First Exile: 335-337 Athanasius's Homecoming and Second Exile:339-346 "The Golden Decade": 346-356 The Third Exile: 356-362 The Final Decade: 362-373 Judgments of Athanasius's Character Part II: The Theological Vision of Athanasius God and Creation: The Correlation of Theology and Anthropology in Athanasius Divine Condescension and Human Ascent The Ascending Structure of the Human Being and its Inversion through Sin The Drama of Divine Descent The Body and Death of Christ The Renewal of the Relation between God & Creation through Christ Trinitarian Doctrine Eusebeia: Theology and Holiness Chapter 2: Selections from Orations against the Arians Introduction Selection I. Orations against the Arians I.1. Selection II. Orations against the Arians 1:35-1:51 Selection III. Orations against the Arians 2:2, 2:3, 2:18-82 Chapter 3: On the Council of Nicaea (De Decretis) Chapter 4: Letter I To Serapion On the Holy Spirit Chapter 5: Letter 40: To Adelphius Bibliography.