and he is counted as one of the four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church
So is Saint Augustine and the Orthodox teach absolutely nothing from him. So is Saint Gregory of Nyssa, who believed in universal salvation and was Origen's disciple.
Athanasius was one of the people responsible for finializing the Christian canon. The Church chooses to look the other way about his methods and behaviors. It is only concerned with the correctness of his theology, especially vis avis Arianism.
And, most importantly, the Church did NOT accept his sola-Hebrew OT formula.
And where does it say that he is celebrated solely because of his stance on the Trinity?
His opposition to Arianism, a major heresy that plagued the early Church and tore deep into the heart of Christology, was and is the central event for which he is best known.
And how convenient it is for you to have left out the entire view on the subject.
However, there are also many modern historians who object to this view and point out that such hostile attitude towards Athanasius is based on an unfair judgement of historical sources.[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasius_of_Alexandria
and he is counted as one of the four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church So is Saint Augustine and the Orthodox teach absolutely nothing from him. So is Saint Gregory of Nyssa, who believed in universal salvation and was Origen's disciple. Athanasius was one of the people responsible for finializing the Christian canon. The Church chooses to look the other way about his methods and behaviors. It is only concerned with the correctness of his theology, especially vis avis Arianism. And, most importantly, the Church did NOT accept his sola-Hebrew OT formula.
I didn't say that the Orthodox church did accept His view of the Old Testament Canon, the point that I was making (and have made) is that there were Greek church fathers who held Proto-Protestant views.
And where does it say that he is celebrated solely because of his stance on the Trinity? His opposition to Arianism, a major heresy that plagued the early Church and tore deep into the heart of Christology, was and is the central event for which he is best known.
That was not the question, the question was where does it say that was the only reason he was well respected by the Orthodox faith.
Clearly, he was also held in high esteem for his work on the Canon.
THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH Another contributing source to the knowledge of the orthodox Faith are some outstanding Fathers of the Church who wrote discourses and homilies on subjects of faith, which the Ecumenical Synods accepted as canonical teachings. These prominent Fathers are: Athanasius the Great (c.295) for his letter enumerating the canonical books of the Bible; http://www.goarch.org/print/en/ourfaith/article7064.asp
Moreover, it seems that Athansasius' view on the Apocrypha, as being less then Canonical is shared by Orthodox scholars.
most Orthodox scholars at the present day, however, following the opinion of Athanasius and Jerome, consider that the Deutero-Canonical Books, although part of the Bible, stand on a lower footing than the rest of the Old Testament. http://www.holy-trinity-church.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=39