and would make a reappearance with their invasions of the fifth century.
Themes for study:
The Catholic counter-attack after the councils of Rimini and
Seleucia;
St. Athanasius’ continued steadfastness, repeated exiles and final
personal triumph;
The lives and achievements of the “Three Cappadocians”;
The decrees of the Emperor Theodosius and the First Council of
Constantinople.
Further reading:
The Catholic Encyclopaedia (1911, vol. IV, p. 308);
Warren H. Carroll, The Founding of Christendom (A History of
Christendom), Vol. 2, Christendom Press, 1987, pp. 45-62;
Philip Hughes, A History of the Church, Vol. 1, Sheed and Ward,
1948, pp. 214-230;
Fr. John Laux, Church History, TAN Books and Publishers, 1930,
pp. 118-125.
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