Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Vol. 09 — Section 33
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Work: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Volume 9
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series Vol. 9
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It was, indeed, from the Emperor's point of view, a most provocatory Epistle. He and his advisers were convinced that compromise was the way of peace. They had no quarrel with the orthodoxy of the West, if only that orthodoxy would concede that Arianisers were entitled to office in the Church, or would at least be silent; and they were animated by a persistent hatred of Athanasius. Moreover, the whole tendency of thought, since Constantine began to favour the Church, had run towards glorification of the Emperor as the vice-regent of God; and the orthodox had had their full share in enc…
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