On the Incarnation Quotes

“the demons knew their own weakness and always made people fight each other, fearing that if they stopped fighting, they would turn against the demons themselves. Truly, the followers of Christ, instead of fighting each other, stand against demons with their good habits and virtuous actions, driving them away and mocking their leader, the devil.”
― Athanasius of Alexandria, On the Incarnation: In Modern, Updated English

“When you witness men, women, and even children embracing death for the sake of Christ's teachings, how can you be so foolish and unbelieving, and crippled in your thinking, as not to recognize that Christ, to whom they all testify, gives each of them victory, making death completely powerless for those who have faith in Him and carry the symbol of the cross?”
― St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation: In Modern, Updated English

“His presence in everything doesn't mean He shares the nature of everything, only that He gives all things their existence and sustains them in it.”
― St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation: In Modern, Updated English

“At the same time - this is the wonder - as a Man, He lived a human life, and as the Word, He sustained the life of the universe, and as the Son, He was in constant union with the Father.”
― St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation: In Modern, Updated English

“The Word understood that corruption could not be eliminated except through death. However, being the immortal Word and the Son of the Father, He could not die. For this reason, He took on a body capable of death so that, by belonging to the Word above all, it could become a sufficient exchange for everyone in death.”
― St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation: In Modern, Updated English

“The first thing you need to understand is that the world's renewal was accomplished by the very same Word that created it in the first place. So, there's no inconsistency between creation and salvation, because the same Father used the same Agent for both tasks. He brought about the world's salvation through the same Word that originally created it.”
― St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation: In Modern, Updated English