Excerpt from Men of the Kingdom: Athanasius: The Hero

The days when men could be ruled by formal and lifeless dogma have passed. The days when all dogma is looked upon with suspicion are passing. We are beginning to learn that there is no particular merit in being uncertain about nearly everything fundamental in theology, and in repudiating all well-defined boundaries. The days of a living dogma, thrilling with creative energy, and claiming no authority but its own vitality, are approaching. Because to Athanasius, theology was not a mechanism but a vitality, because he understood that such doctrines as the Deity of our Lord are an essential part of Christianity, and must be preserved at whatever cost, and because there are no truths more important than these to our own eager, much seeking age, it has been a joy to write this little book about him.

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