The certainty of faith in God's word: The theological method and structure of Hilary of Poitiers' "De Trinitate"
Beckwith, Carl Laurence, Ph.D: "The certainty of faith in God's word: The theological method and structure of Hilary of Poitiers' "De Trinitate""
University of Notre Dame | ISBN: 0542324239 | 2004 | PDF | 277 Pages | 1,5 MB
University of Notre Dame | ISBN: 0542324239 | 2004 | PDF | 277 Pages | 1,5 MB
During the 350s, the Emperor Constantius sought to establish ecclesial unity in the West by organizing a number of local synods that demanded the condemnation of Athanasius and support for an anti-Nicene formula of faith. Among the bishops who refused these demands and suffered exile is Hilary of Poitiers. Since scholars have either unnecessarily exaggerated or diminished Hilary's role in the Nicene-'Arian' conflict during the early period of his career and are sharply divided on the reasons for his exile, I will begin with two historical chapters, arguing that Hilary had a limited awareness of the theological disputes troubling the West in the early 350s and that he was exiled for his confession of faith at the synod of Béziers. After establishing Hilary's historical situation, I will turn to his chief work and the main focus of this dissertation, his De Trinitate .