St Athanasius was born just before the year 300, when Christianity was still a young religion but rapidly expanding. This book is a distillation of that era, giving a fascinating view into the young, energetic, optimistic Christianity, so different from the pseudo-ethnicity that Christianity has become in much of the western world. Athanasius could say: Look for yourself! See the lives of the Christians! See the effect of our religion on society! Compare this with your philosophies and see where the real power lies! You can say what you want, but we are the living proof that the Logos, the fundamental force of all creation, truly became a human being.

We all know how things went with Christianity, but this amazing little book still remains and reminds us of what it once was and still could be.