[jo kus]

Athanasius was a Greek theologian not a Roman theologian and a bishop in Alexandria, Egypt not Rome, Italy. His opposition to Arianism, a doctrine favored in the courts of the Emperor of Rome, caused him to be out of favor and sent into exile five times.

Your sense of history is lacking again. St. Athanasius was out of favor of the courts of CONSTANTINOPLE, not Rome. The capital of the Roman Empire was NOT in Rome. The Emperor lived in the Eastern half of the Empire. Thus, Athanasius was at the mercy of political infighting in Constantinople. Thus, he APPEALED to the Bishop of Rome, the Pope, to aid him. The Pope highly regarded the future saint and backed him up vs. Arianism and those bishops who were Arian.

Regards

[Uncle Chip]

But Constantine did favor Arius in this dispute, did he not?