LUTHER 1527 Athanasius “father of orthodoxy."

LUTHER 1527
Even if Oecolampadius holds the opinion that nothing but bread and wine are present, still he cannot on that account conclude with certainty that “body” necessarily means “sign of the body.” That is, his argument is not convincing, since one may well interpret the word “body” in other ways than as “sign of the body,” and his interpretation can be neither certain nor unambiguous as it should in order to be convincing. There are many other people who share his opinion yet accept neither the concept of representation nor the concept of sign. -Martin Luther

Athanasius “father of orthodoxy.”
While Arianism bent to the changing politics of the court party, and fell into diverse schools and sects the moment it lost the imperial support, the Nicene faith, like its great champion Athanasius, remained under all outward changes of fortune true to itself, and made its mighty advance only by legitimate growth outward from within. Athanasius makes no distinction at all between the various shades of Arians and Semi-Arians, but throws them all into the same category of enemies of the catholic faith.
HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Schaff Volume 3 NICENE AND POST-NICENE CHRISTIANTY A.D. 311-600
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