By: Joseph Saia (Australia)
“You cannot put straight in others what is warped in yourself.” (Athanasius)
Athanasius-a hi kum zabi palina laia Alexandria khaw bishop a ni a, Kristian thurin humhalhtu mi huaisen tak a ni bawk. Kohhran hmasa hun laia zirtîrna dik lo kalpuitu Arius-a leh a hnungzuite chuan kohhran an chawk buai nasa hle a. Chutih lai chuan bishop Athanasius-a hian Arius-a zirtîrna chu nasa takin a dodâl a, a hun laia zirtîrna dik lo dodâl nasa ber pâwl a ni hial âwm e. Amah hi Pathian thu thiam tak a nih avângin mi ṭhenkhat chuan Athanasius Ropuia tiin an ko va, Athanasius the Confessor tih pawhin an ko bawk. Alexandria khuaah kum 45 zet bishop hna a thawk a, chumi chhûng chuan Rom lal dang dangten ṭum nga zet khua aṭangin an hnawt chhuak a. Mahse, Pathian thu dik tak chu nghet taka a vawn tlat avângin rorêltute hmaah pawh a zâm ve mai mai ngai lo a ni. A.D. 325 khân Nicaea Inkhâwmpuiah Arius-a hnungzuite nên thurin chungchângah nasa takin an inhnial a, a tâwpah chuan Arius-a leh a hnung zuite chu a tlâwm zâwkah an ṭang a, Athanasius-a hming pawh a lâr phah hle a ni.
Alexandria khaw bishop Alexander-a chu A.D. 328-ah a thi a. Chumi hnu chuan Athanasius-a chu Alexandria khaw bishop atân ruat a ni zui a. Hetih hun lai hian Arius-a zirtîrna thlâwp tlattu Nicomedia khaw bishop Eusebius-a chuan Rom lalber Constatine-a te, Constatius II-a te, Julian-a te leh Valens-a te chu lamṭang atân a hmin vek tawh a. Athanasius-a chuan Arius-a zirtîrna chu zirtîrna dik lo leh Bible zirtîrna nêna inmil lo tiin huai takin a hnâwl zêl a. Arius-a zirtîrna thlâwptu Rom lalte leh rorêltute pawh huai tak taka a beih ṭhîn avângin tum nga zet a awmna khua aṭanga hnawh chhuak a tâwk a, chuta ṭang chuan‘Khawvêlin a do Athanasius-a’ tiin hming an phuah ta hial a ni.
