Against Eunomius
By: St. Basil of Caesarea ; translated by Mark DelCogliano and Andrew Radde-Gallwitz
Contributors: DelCogliano, Mark; Radde-Gallwitz, Andrew
Series: The fathers of the church -- v. 122
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780813201221
Work titles: Contra Eunomium
Description: In this treatise, Basil attempts to articulate a theology both of God's unitary essence and of the distinctive features that characterize the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-a distinction that some hail as the cornerstone of "Cappadocian" theology. In Against Eunomius, we see the clash not simply of two dogmatic positions on the doctrine of the Trinity, but of two fundamentally opposed theological methods. Basil's treatise is as much about how theology ought to be done and what human beings can and cannot know about God as it is about the exposition of Trinitarian doctrine. Thus Against Eunomius marks a turning point in the Trinitarian debates of the fourth century, for the first time addressing the methodological and epistemological differences that gave rise to theological differences. Amidst the polemical vitriol of Against Eunomius is a call to epistemological humility on the part of the theologian, a call to recognize the limitations of even the best theology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xiii-xv) and indexes.