Why was he called the Black dwarf? Is his work still significant today?
HH St. Athanasius the Apostolic, the 20th Pope of the Church of Alexandria, or someone else? I've never heard anyone call him "the black dwarf". Who is "the black dwarf"?
Why was he called the Black dwarf? Is his work still significant today?
Who is "the black dwarf"?
Jazzy!Doc? Grumpy? Sleepy?
Pavel, do you know anything about this "Black Dwarf" thing? I've never heard of that anywhere.
At first I thought maybe this person was confusing him with Abba John the Short, but Abba John was not called "the Black Dwarf", either...and Abba Moses the Black could certainly not be described as a dwarf in any way!
Never heard that one before.Why was he called the Black dwarf?
Highly. Because the temptation to Arianism and/or 'Christology from below' is still pretty common.Is his work still significant today?
Pavel, do you know anything about this "Black Dwarf" thing? I've never heard of that anywhere.
At first I thought maybe this person was confusing him with Abba John the Short, but Abba John was not called "the Black Dwarf", either...and Abba Moses the Black could certainly not be described as a dwarf in any way!