The Arguments on the Divinity of Jesus Christ in De Trinitate by St. Hilary of Poitiers Cover Image

Argumenty przemawiające za bóstwem Jezusa Chrystusa w De Trinitate Hilarego z Poitiers
The Arguments on the Divinity of Jesus Christ in De Trinitate by St. Hilary of Poitiers

Author(s): Grzegorz Jaskiewicz
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Diecezjalne »Adalbertinum«
Keywords: De Trinitate; St. Hilary of Poitiers; Jesus Christ; divinity

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the teaching of the first bishop of Poitiers on the divinity of the Son of God from a theological perspective, as described in the Holy Scriptures. His treatise, De Trinitate, has been regarded as the best book which brought calm amidst multiple controversies that arose at the time of the heresy of Arius. St. Hilary underlines that we can testify of God as merely God himself does when teaching that his own Son is begotten and not created. The incarnation of Jesus Christ pays tribute to his divine nature. And He loses nothing with by taking our human nature. Hilary rejects the arguments of Arius, his successors, Sabellius, adoptionism, and Jews. St. Hilary, by his analyses, encourages the faithful to believe more in what is said by the Father and His Son. According to him, the believers can learn the truth about God only from God himself. De Trinitate is a fundamental work against Arianism, and recalls that to obtain eternity one must believe that God raised up his Son Jesus from the dead, and that He himself is the Lord (Rm 10, 6-9).

  • Issue Year: 14/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 389-404
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish