%0 Journal Article %1 Gwynn2003 %A Gwynn, David M. %D 2003 %J Prudentia %K Athanasius AthanasiusWerke %P 161-187 %T The construction of a »heretical party« in the »Apologia contra Arianos« of Athanasius of Alexandria %V 35 %X The »Arian conspiracy« of the Eusebians that dominates the narrative of the »Apologia contra Arianos« represents Athanasius' later reinterpretation of his past, imposing upon his earlier career the image of his foes that he constructed in A.D. 335. This reinterpretation contrasts with the earlier evidence, both of the documents that he quotes and of his own »Festal letters« before the Council of Tyre. Only when the existence of hoi peri Eusebion has been recognized as a polemical construct can we free ourselves from the vision of the 4th-cent. church divided between »Arian« and orthodox parties.

@article{Gwynn2003, abstract = {The »Arian conspiracy« of the Eusebians that dominates the narrative of the »Apologia contra Arianos« represents Athanasius' later reinterpretation of his past, imposing upon his earlier career the image of his foes that he constructed in A.D. 335. This reinterpretation contrasts with the earlier evidence, both of the documents that he quotes and of his own »Festal letters« before the Council of Tyre. Only when the existence of hoi peri Eusebion has been recognized as a polemical construct can we free ourselves from the vision of the 4th-cent. church divided between »Arian« and orthodox parties.}, added-at = {2007-10-10T18:18:51.000+0200}, author = {Gwynn, David M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/202f58c60a7c2b051140754c8442ff9a4/avs}, interhash = {c4b626a6c4fe4bcc5fa8ccb014fffe26}, intrahash = {02f58c60a7c2b051140754c8442ff9a4}, journal = { Prudentia}, keywords = {Athanasius AthanasiusWerke}, pages = {161-187}, timestamp = {2008-04-05T22:43:09.000+0200}, title = {The construction of a »heretical party« in the »Apologia contra Arianos« of Athanasius of Alexandria}, volume = 35, year = 2003 }