Monday, October 17, 2005
(12:25 PM) | Adam Kotsko:
Um, can I see a source on that?
Athanasius, Against the Pagans (§ 9):Others have distinguished individual parts of the body--the head or shoulder or hand or foot--and exalted them as gods and deified them, as if they were not satisfied with the worship of the body as a whole.Even if it's somewhat implausible in terms of idolatry critique, this would work great in one of those anti-Catholic pamphlets that lurk in the dark corners of Evangelical propaganda (in re: relics of the saints). Rabid anti-Catholics, take note!
UPDATE: Aside from Against the Pagans and On the Incarnation, Life of Anthony, and Letters on the Holy Spirit, what should I read of Athanasius? I've been instructed to browse and see if anything strikes me. Perhaps that process could be streamlined somewhat through the magic of the Internet.
