Excerpt from Men of the Kingdom: Athanasius: The HeroIt has been impossible for us to refer even in a summary way to the history Of the period without mentioning Christianity - the most vital fact of all.Now we must look at the rise of Christianity and its situation in the fourth century more closely.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.