RT Article
T1 What Exactly Are the Intra-Trinitarian Relations?
JF TheoLogica
VO 6
IS 2
SP 162
OP 173
A1 Butakov, Pavel
LA English
PB Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1831436841
AB The core of a Trinitarian model is the internal layout of intra-Trinitarian relations. Depending on different metaphysical interpretations of the nature of the relations, various patristic authors have produced different and oftentimes incompatible Trinitarian models, and, consequently, conflicting expositions of the doctrine of the Trinity. To elucidate the differences in their Trinitarian theologies, I demonstrate the divergence in their understanding of the divine relations using the contemporary philosophical taxonomy of relations. I analyze the models of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory Nazianzen, and Boethius, and their attempted synthesis by Thomas Aquinas. Each of the patristic Trinitarian models, despite being fully orthodox, uses completely different types of relations, which makes them incompatible. One of the results of this incompatibility is the problem of the filioque, which cannot be resolved without addressing the metaphysics of relations.
K1 Church Fathers
K1 Trinity
K1 Filioque
K1 Persons
K1 Relations
DO 10.14428/thl.v6i2.63563