From the foreword: Until his death in 373, Athanasius was the most formidable opponent of Arianism in the Roman Empire.
As he wrote to the bishops of Egypt in 356: "as therefore the struggle that is now set before us concerns all tha.
Athanasius rightly knew that upon one\'s view of Christ hung one\'s eternal destiny.
It was a battle for the souls of men and women.
Ultimately, for him, this fight was not a struggle for ecclesial power or even for the rightness of his theological position.
From the foreword: Until his death in 373, Athanasius was the most formidable opponent of Arianism in the Roman Empire