On the Incarnation is a theological work by Athanasius of Alexandria.

Contents

• Contents
• References
• External links

It is an apologetic treatise, also known as On the Incarnation of the Word, which defends the incarnation of Christ against the ideas of 4th century non-Christians. The scope is to explain the reason for incarnation.

The book was popularized by editions published with an introduction written by C. S. Lewis. Lewis' introduction was also published as an essay On the Reading of Old Books. In it, he describes On the Incarnation as a masterpiece which is easy to read. ^{[1] [2]}

Contents

• 1. Creation and the Fall.
• 2. The Divine Dilemma and its Solution in the Incarnation.
• 3. The Divine Dilemma and its Solution in the Incarnation - Continued.
• 4. The Death of Christ.
• 5. The Resurrection.
• 6. Refutation of the Jews.
• 7. Refutation of the Gentiles.
• 8. Refutation of the Gentiles - Continued
• 9. Conclusion.

References

External links

• On the Incarnation of the Word at Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• On the Incarnation Monergism.com
• De incarnatione Verbi Dei : Athanasius on the Incarnation at Internet Archive
• The Incarnation of the Word of God Worldinvisible.com
• On the Incarnation of the Word Newadvent.org
• De Incarnatione Verbi in Greek
• On the Incarnation public domain audiobook at LibriVox

This article about a book on Christian theology is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e