Athanasius

Athanasius was a major figure of 4th-century Christendom. As Bishop of Alexandria, spiritual master and theologian, he led the Church in its battle against the Arian heresy. Athanasius' "The life of Antony" is one of the foremost classics of Christian asceticism. It tells the spiritual story of St. Antony, the founder of Christian monasticism. "The letter to Marcellinus" is an introduction to the spiritual sense of the Psalms. The Psalms are presented as a variety of attitudes which co-exist in a truly harmonious and whole sense of prayer.