« Basile de Césarée est-il l’introducteur du concept de relation en théologie trinitaire ? »
(2017) Revue des études augustiniennes — Vol. 63, p. 141-180 (2017)
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- In the context of the patristic revival in XXth century theology, Basil of Caesarea is often credited for having introduced and developed the use of the concept of relation in trinitarian theology in order to define the divine persons. Only a thorough inquiry in Basil’s texts will allow to qualify this statement, by showing to what extent Basil depends on Origenian theology, namely in its Homoeusian version, which passes on to him the « argument of correlatives » (no Father without Son) and the distinction between absolute predication and relative predication. Nonetheless, Basil’s use of the concept of relation is of secondary importance , i.e. he never links it to the concept of hypostasis, distinguished from that of substance, in order to define the divine persons. Basil’s disciples, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa and Amphilochius of Iconium, wil not go further than their master.
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Morales, X. (2017). « Basile de Césarée est-il l’introducteur du concept de relation en théologie trinitaire ? ». Revue des études augustiniennes, 63, 141-180. (Original work published 2017)