Plan of this Work.

by that of an esteemed Protestant
Author.

Regarding St. Atha-
nasius original: "S. Athase"; Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296–373 AD), a prominent Church Father known for his defense against Arianism and his own experiences in exile., after briefly contrasting
the efforts that the Author of the Apology
makes to give a
favorable impression of this Father The "Church Fathers" were early Christian teachers and bishops whose writings formed the basis of theological tradition. to those
he had made to give an
unfavorable impression of Ter-
tullian; we first show that it
would be easy to make the authority of the
former at least as strong
as that of the latter in this
matter: however, we still
accept it, and we show that
far from being favorable to the re-
treat of our Pastors, it is
quite contrary to them. To this end,
we first examine the three
general remarks that the Author of the Apology
makes on page 182 and following
until 185; after that, we recount the
History of his flight Athanasius famously fled and went into hiding several times to escape Roman emperors who supported his theological rivals., the circumstances of which we
contrast with those of the retreat
of our Pastors, to show that