The Church and Social Reform studies the nature and extent of Athanasios' social reforms and political involvement during his two tenures on the patriarchal throne of Constantiople. The traditional influence, power, and authority that resided in the patriarchate of Constantinople made the involvement of an aggressive patriarch in the social affairs of the empire virtually inevitable.
A study of the nature and extent of the social reforms and political involvement of Athanasius during his two tenures on the patriarchal throne of Constantinople. For Athanasius, the idea of reform was part of the renewal of the centralised institutions of the empire.
