Hilary of Poitiers on Conciliating the Homouseans and the Homoeouseans

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Contents
• Preface and Acknowledgement
• Introduction
• 1. Objective of the book
• 2. The Arian context
• 3. A note on the use of labels
• Chapter I: Towards Hilary’s involvment in the Trinitarian crisis
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The changing ecclesiastical politics under the reign of the sons of Constantine
• 3. The councils of Arles (353) and Milan (355)
• 4. The council of Béziers (356) and the motivation behind Hilary’s exile
• 5. Hilary’s pre-Béziers knowledge of Arianism: The testimony of In Matthaeum
• 6. Conclusion
• Chapter II: The homousean party
• 1. Introduction
• 2. From silence about the homousean formula to its committed defense
• 3. Athanasius
• 3.1 The function of ὁμοούσιος in De Decretis
• 3.2 The defense of ὁμοούσιος in De Synodis
• 3.3 The Athanasian concept of ὁμοούσιος
• 4. The Latin homouseans
• 4.1 The Latin Church’s collective act of defense of Nicaea in the synod of Rimini (359)
• 4.2 The defense of Nicaea of selected prominent Latin authors
• 4.2.1 Phoebadius of Agen
• 4.2.2 Gregory of Elvira
• 4.2.3 Marius Victorinus
• 5. Conclusion
• Chapter III: The homoeousean party
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The emergence and the pursuit for theological hegemony of the homoeousean party
• 3. Some thoughts on the origin of the term ὁμοιούσιος
• 4. The formula ὁμοιούσιος as more suitable than ὁμοούσιος for the Son’s relationship with the Father
• 5. The Trinitarian theology of the homoeousean party
• 5.1 The synodal letter of the 358 council of Ancyra
• 5.2 The memorandum of Basil of Ancyra and George of Laodicea
• 5.2.1 Apology for Basil’s action at 4th Sirmium
• 5.2.2 Polemics against the neo-Arian theology
• 5.2.3 Attempt to conciliate with the pro-Nicene party
• 6. The homoeouseans and Hilary of Poitiers
• 7. Conclusion
• Chapter IV: Hilary of Poitiers conciliates the Homouseans and the Homoeouseans
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Overcoming the West’s suspicion that the easterners uphold Arianism
• 2.1 Hilary’s appraisal of the theology of the Ancyran synod of 358
• 2.2 The creeds of the easterners do not replace the theology of Nicaea
• 2.3 The meaning of ὁμοιούσιος appropriates the meaning of ὁμοούσιος
• 3. Overcoming the East’s objection to ὁμοούσιος
• 4. The theology of nativitas as point of convergence of the homousean and homoeousean doctrines
• 4.1 The concept of nativitas as basic assumption in both the homousean and homoeousean affirmations
• 4.1.1 The nativitas of the Son and the analogy of human birth
• 4.1.2 The foundation of the theological affirmations of the Nicene group in the nativitas of the Son
• 4.1.3 The foundation of the homoeousean doctrine in the nativitas of the Son
• 4.2 The function of the concept of nativitas in Hilary’s anti-Arian arguments
• 4.2.1 The heretics opposed the natural birth of the Son: The significance of the Letter of Arius
• 4.2.2 Using the conceptuality of nativitas to show that the Arian proof-texts actually confirm the Nicene view of God
• 4.3 The meaning of unity of nature in the theology of Hilary
• 5. Conclusion
• General Conclusion
• Bibliography