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[Facts] What does Athanasius mean??
I'm so confused. I cant tell if it means dying or immortal.
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You can see the Athanasius page. 'A' is a negative prefix, while the 'thanasius' part came from the root 'thanatos', which means death; so overall, it means immortal.
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Consequently, Athanasius means “the one who resurges”.
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I can't find source that mentioned this. Do you mean Anastasius instead?
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Is resurging the same as resurrecting, or being resurrected? Presumably it should be, but that has nothing to do with the absence of death/immortality: for resurrection/resurging to take place, death must have happened first. So I don't find your translation convincing.
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