We also, by God’s grace, briefly indicated the Word of the Father is Himself divine, that all things that are owe their being to His will and power, and that it is through Him that the Father gives order to creation, by Him that all things are moved, and through Him that they receive their being.
~Athanasius~
Christian Apologetics Past & Present: A Primary Source Reader, Vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL; Crossway Books; 2009) p. 174.
Cited from The Incarnation of the Word of God, 1:1
The Old Guys 
Reblogged this on My Delight and My Counsellors.
Just a point, but we should note that Athanasius was a Eastern Father! And we should be aware that the Ecumenical Councils came off Eastern ground. Sometimes we Western Christians forget this!