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Written just before the rise of Arianism in AD 319, On the Incarnation of the Word of God is the best-known work of Athanasius of Alexandria and a pillar in the doctrine of the Incarnation and the divinity of Jesus. Addressed to a recent Christian convert, this text demonstrates Athanasius’ intellectual acumen and biblical wisdom. This edition contains a scholarly introduction with a thorough...

This could only be done by a renewal of the original grace by which they had been made in His own Image. But man could not renew it, for he was only a copy; nor could angels, for not even they were likenesses of God; the Word alone, the Image of the Father, could renew the Image in man. Death and corruption, too, must be abolished, and He alone could do this. The presence of the original is necessary for the renewal of a spoiled likeness. So
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