Athanasius
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Athanasius, from Ancient Greek Ἀθανάσιος (Athanásios), from ἀθανάσιος (athanásios, “immortal”), from ἀθάνατος (athánatos, “immortal”). Doublet of Afanasy and tansy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌæθəˈneɪʃəs/, /ˌæθəˈneɪzi.əs/
Proper noun
Athanasius
- An Ancient Greek male given name from Ancient Greek
- 2010 January, David Brakke, “A New Fragment of Athanasius’s Thirty-Ninth Festal Letter: Heresy, Apocrypha, and the Canon” in the Harvard Theological Review, volume CIII, № 1, page 47:
- Athanasius of Alexandria’s thirty-ninth Festal Letter remains one of the most significant documents in the history of the Christian Bible. Athanasius wrote the letter, which contains the first extant list of precisely the twenty-seven books of the current New Testament canon, in 367 C.E., during the final decade of his life.
- 2010 January, David Brakke, “A New Fragment of Athanasius’s Thirty-Ninth Festal Letter: Heresy, Apocrypha, and the Canon” in the Harvard Theological Review, volume CIII, № 1, page 47:
Related terms
- Afanasy, Athanasios
Translations
male given name
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