During the reign of the Kingdom of Burgundy at the Rhone River (about 443-534) a Burgundian church developed with an "Arian"-homoian profile. This led to disputes, but also to an intensive theological exchange with the predominantly Nicene Gallo-Roman population and with Bishop Avitus of Vienne. For the first time, this monograph provides selected letters and fragments written by Avitus, with German translation and annotation, which indicate problems of church organization and refer to discourses on religion and theological discussions - in particular on the Holy Spirit (filioque) - in order to clarify more exactly the meaning of "Arian" at that time.

The third fascicle of the first part of volume 3 of Athanasiusa (TM) Works continues the publication of documents relating to the history of the Arian conflict, carrying on the work started by Hans-Georg Opitz in 1934 and 1935.The fascicle contains inter alia the texts from the Synods of Antioch 326/27, Jerusalem 335, Rome and Antioch 338-341 and the Ekthesis makrostichos; it is accompanied by a detailed introduction on the chronology of the beginnings of the Arian heresy, a German translation of the documents already published, and a bibliography and reference index.

Der Sammelband enthalt dreizehn Aufsatze von Hanns Christof Brennecke, die zeigen, wie das Christentum der Kaiserzeit und der Spatantike in den Kontext des Imperium Romanum eingebettet ist. Das Themenspektrum reicht von den fruhen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Christentum und der paganen Welt uber trinitatstheologische und christologische Fragen bis zu Analysen des syrischen Moenchtums. Die Aufsatze haben aufgrund ihrer detaillierten Quellenanalysen die Forschung nachhaltig beeinflusst.

In this concluding installment, the following writings of Athanasius of Alexandria are critically edited andhistorical commentary is provided on the basis of all available manuscripts: Apologia ad Constantium, Epistula ad Ioannem et Antiochum, Epistula ad Palladium, Epistula ad Dracontium, Epistula ad Afros, Epistula ad Jovianum, Epistula Joviani ad Athanasium, Petitiones Arianorum, Tomus ad Antiochenos. An extensive introduction as well as an index of references, indexes of names and words to the entire second volume of the Athanasius Werke are provided in this fascicle.