There are other aspects to Athanasius’ soteriology including those of Christ as a sacrifice for our sins and as a ransom for our lives. But in his theology it is the physical theory which plays the dominant role in determining the metaphysical status of Jesus’ pre-existent personage to be one of true divinity. Greg and Groh helpfully summarize the distinctive feature of the Arian theory of salvation: ‘Perfection is understood in terms of the community of will and covenantal obedience, not in terms