Ep. 23—Alexander’s Lagtime Stand

By Mike Aquilina ( bio - articles - email ) | Sep 11, 2020 | In Way of the Fathers (Podcast)

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Alexander can’t say he wasn’t warned. His predecessor as bishop of Alexandria, Peter, had told him not to trust Arius. But Alexander ignored the advice. Then Arius went into open rebellion, and then his heresy spread throughout the world. And then Alexander had to act decisively, arguing strongly against the Arian heresy and prevailing at the Council of Nicaea in 325.

Links

St. Alexander of Alexandria, Letter to the Bishop of Constantinople
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=1823

St. Alexander of Alexandria, Encyclical Letter
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=1824

More works by the Fathers
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/

Mike Aquilina’s website https://fathersofthechurch.com

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Mike Aquilina is a popular author working in the area of Church history, especially patristics. He is executive vice-president and trustee of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, a contributing editor of Angelus (magazine) and general editor of the Reclaiming Catholic History Series from Ave Maria Press. See full bio.

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