His biography of Anthony the Great entitled Life of Antony(Βίος καὶ Πολιτεία Πατρὸς Ἀντωνίου, Vita Antonii) became his most widely-read work. Translated into several languages, it played an important role in the spreading of the ascetic ideal in Eastern and Western Christianity. Depicting Anthony as an illiterate and holy man who through his existence in a primordial landscape has an absolute connection to the divine truth, the biography also resembles the life of his biographer Athanasius. It later served as an inspiration to Christian monastics in both the East and the West. The so-called Athanasian Creed dates from well after Athanasius's death and draws upon the phraseology of Augustine's De trinitate. COUNT 9
QSN1 Who wrote the biography entitled Life of Antony? ANS1 Athanasius QSN2 Life of Antony played an important role in the spreading of ascetic ideals in what religion? ANS2 Eastern and Western Christianity QSN3 The biography, Life of Antony, also resembles of the life of who? ANS3 Athanasius QSN4 The so-called Athanasian Creed draws upon the phraseology of what? ANS4 Augustine's De trinitate QSN5 About whom did he write his most widely-read work? ANS5 Anthony the Great QSN6 Why was this work considered to be important? ANS6 spreading of the ascetic ideal in Eastern and Western Christianity QSN7 How did he depict Anthony? ANS7 illiterate and holy QSN8 What does the Athanasian Creed draw upon? ANS8 Augustine's De trinitate QSN9 Whose life did Anthony's resemble? ANS9 Athanasius