La triplice via alla conoscenza di Dio nel trattato De Trinitate di Ilario di Poitiers
Absztrakt
The Threefold Way of Knowing God in Hilarius of Poitiers’ De Trinitate: For Hilary, the mystery of God transcends human intelligence in such a way that it cannot be reached by human efforts alone. Our author develops an apophatic theology that emphasises this inability of human intelligence to comprehend the divine essence. Within this theological development, he distinguishes a triple path in man’s knowledge of God: the via negationis, the via analogiae and the via eminentiae. In this way, he offers a way forward, a profectus, through which man can always grow in cognitio Dei. Ultimately, even if it is not possible to understand God with reason alone, He can be reached and understood through faith, which is infinite and allows man to know God through the Son, who transcends him as much as the Father.
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