Panorama sobre o conceito de encarnação. Do século IV d.C ao XVIII

Abstract

This article aims to outline an overview of the concept of incarnation from the 4th century AD to the 18th century. This is justified insofar as the 4th century marks a watershed in the history of the Christian church and its decisions, mainly from the Council of Nicaea onwards, will set the tone for the debate surrounding the concept of incarnation in subsequent centuries until after the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. To outline this overview, our text begins with the Christological debate of the 4th century that culminates in the formulation of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan creed in 381 AD. We then analyze how the concept of incarnation is treated by three scholastic authors, namely, Alexander of Hales, Saint Bonaventure and Saint Thomas Aquinas, and then we highlight the tone of the debate in modernity until the 18th century.