Mentors of Perseverance and Hope: Athanasius, Matthias and more

Mentors of Perseverance and Hope: Athanasius, Matthias and more

“As I was saying…” That, more or less, is how Saint Athanasius began his homily each time he returned from exile. Over seventeen years, he was banished five times by four Roman emperors for reasons political and theological, but he persisted in defying the heresy of the powerful Arians who had a flawed idea of…