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Originally Posted by Socialite
Wow.. .good stuff. Never knew the bolded, and I've had MANY classes that talked about Nicea.
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Athanasius died in exile. First Constantine himself sent him from Egypt to the German Rhineland because the bishop was stirring up political strife. Then, after returning to Alexandria following the death of Constantine, Athanasius was again exiled, this time by the Arian devotee Constantius II.
In fact, just about every Roman Emperor from Constantine to Valens appears to have exiled Athanasius. He had his supporters in Alexandria and Rome, but the majority of Christians at this time appear to have been Arians. The oft cited "Athanasian Creed" wasn't actually written until about the 6th Century after Trinitarianism had finally taken root.
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