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Atharva Veda

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ATHARVA VEDA, the 4th and apocryphal Veda of the Aryans, mainly composed of incantations preserved in two re censions, a fifth of it reproduces spells from the Rig Veda. For a long period it was not accepted as a canonical Veda.

'The charge of Apollinarianism is in part due to the growing con viction that the two Letters against Apollinarianism are not the work of Athanasius. The best statement of the case against his orthodoxy is in Raven's Apollinarianism. But the unfairness of his criticism is rightly censured by P. E. More in Christ the Word, pp. 208 ff. . His ally Eustathius of Antioch, explicitly defended the fullness of Christ's human nature. And the disciples of Apollinarius were in no doubt about relation of Athanasius to their master on this point. See Lietzmann, Apollinarius von Laodicea, p. 276. A full discussion of the Christology of Athanasius will be found in E. Weigl, "Unter suchenden zur Christologie des heiligen Athanasius." Forschungen zur Christlichen Literatur- and Dogmengeschichte vol. xii., though he fails to distinguish between his genuine and spurious writings.

Hannay, The Spirit and Origin of Christian Monasticism; von der Goltz, in Texte and Kntersuchungen, vol. xiv. N.F. who vindicates the authenticity of the De Virginitate and shows its importance for the understanding of Athanasius.

See R. C. Dutt, Civilisation of Ancient India (London, 2893) Farquhar, Outline of the Religious Literature of India (London, 1920).

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