Macau Ricci Institute Public Forum: Filioque or not? A Look into the Coining of the Trinitarian Doctrine
Date:
- Tuesday 10 June 2025
Venue:
- Multi-function Room (1F) in the Seminary Campus of University of St. Joseph
- 聖若瑟大學聖若瑟修院校區1樓多功能室
Cooperation Partner:
- University of St. Joseph
Online Platform:
Registration(Deadline of registration: 9 June 2025):
Speaker
Sonja Xia
Sonja Xia has obtained her Ph.D. in theology from K.U.Leuven, Belgium. Her research is on the formation of doctrines in the early Church. She has taught courses on the Bible and world religions. Currently, she teaches doctrines and the early history of the Church.
Her recent publications include:
Hui Xia (Sonja), "The Christian Transformation of Greek Philosophical Concepts ---- The Distinction of ousia and hypostasis in the Formation of the Trinitarian Formula 'One ousiaand three hypostaseis'", MRIJ, issue 13 (June, 2024), pp. 64-74.
Hui Xia, “The Generation of the Cosmos in Plotinus,” Universitas, no. 604 (September, 2024), pp. 141-156.
夏徽，「天主的恩寵和人的自由：對尼薩的額我略《真福八諯講道集》的解讀」，《神學論集》，第222期，2025年1月，614-634頁
Introduction
Filioque has been labeled as the watershed between the East and the West of Christendom. It has become a minor issue in ecumenical dialogue, yet theologically whether to see the Holy Spirit as proceeded from the Father alone or from the Father and the Son together speaks for a different focus in Trinitarian theology. Does filioque lie at the center of the Trinitarian doctrine? Does the theological difference make sense in the Chinese context? The lecture will answer these questions by looking at how the Church Fathers speak of the role of the Holy Spirit in the forming of the Trinitarian doctrine.
