The Twelve Patriarchs ; The Mystical Ark ; Book Three of The Trinity

The Twelve Patriarchs ; The Mystical Ark ; Book Three of The Trinity PDF

Author: Richard (of St. Victor)

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780809121229

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Here are the writings of the man who was the great link between the early Christian mystics and the mystical awakening in medieval Europe. Richard (?-1173) was born in Scotland and joined the Abbey of St. Victor in Paris, where he became Superior and Prior.

Richard of Saint Victor, On the Trinity

Richard of Saint Victor, On the Trinity PDF

Author: Ruben Angelici

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2011-04-06

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1621891283

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Very few in the history of the church have not struggled with the dogma of the Trinity. Those who have not dismissed it as incomprehensible gibberish have found it a battlefield for division and misunderstanding. Even Christians, who adhere to the faith of the Creeds, have often found such dogma difficult to grasp. Richard of Saint Victor, a twelfth-century Scottish monk and Prior in the Abbey of Saint Victor, is emblematic in this struggle: "I have often read that there is . . . [only] one God . . . I have also read . . . that he is one and triune . . . But I do not remember having read anything on the evidences for these assertions." Richard's theological response stems from a profoundly mystical life of prayer, which, in the Spirit, seeks to involve the mind, in continuation with the great Augustinian and Anselmian tradition. Ultimately, he presents a trinitarian model, intelligible to a Western context but which could also awake admiration from Greek theologians. Today Richard's dogmatics could represent a bridge for dialogue between different traditions. For the first time this theological masterpiece is being made available, unabridged, in English to allow a broader theological public to benefit from Richard's accomplishments. The translation offered here attempts to provide a clear and flowing text, while remaining as literally faithful as possible to the original Latin.

Trinity and Creation

Trinity and Creation PDF

Author: Boyd Taylor Coolman

Publisher: New City Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1565483731

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An Introduction to Medieval Theology

An Introduction to Medieval Theology PDF

Author: Rik van Nieuwenhove

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-04-19

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 0521897548

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This book is essential reading for anyone interested in medieval thought, be they students of theology, philosophy or literature.

An Introduction to the Trinity

An Introduction to the Trinity PDF

Author: Declan Marmion

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 0521879523

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This book introduces the main people and themes in the history of Trinitarian theology and analyses recent, alternative readings of the tradition.

Richard of Saint Victor, On the Trinity

Richard of Saint Victor, On the Trinity PDF

Author: Ruben Angelici

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2011-04-06

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1610970128

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Very few in the history of the church have not struggled with the dogma of the Trinity. Those who have not dismissed it as incomprehensible gibberish have found it a battlefield for division and misunderstanding. Even Christians, who adhere to the faith of the Creeds, have often found such dogma difficult to grasp. Richard of Saint Victor, a twelfth-century Scottish monk and Prior in the Abbey of Saint Victor, is emblematic in this struggle: "I have often read that there is . . . [only] one God . . . I have also read . . . that he is one and triune . . . But I do not remember having read anything on the evidences for these assertions." Richard's theological response stems from a profoundly mystical life of prayer, which, in the Spirit, seeks to involve the mind, in continuation with the great Augustinian and Anselmian tradition. Ultimately, he presents a trinitarian model, intelligible to a Western context but which could also awake admiration from Greek theologians. Today Richard's dogmatics could represent a bridge for dialogue between different traditions. For the first time this theological masterpiece is being made available, unabridged, in English to allow a broader theological public to benefit from Richard's accomplishments. The translation offered here attempts to provide a clear and flowing text, while remaining as literally faithful as possible to the original Latin.

Life at Saint Victor

Life at Saint Victor PDF

Author: Franciscus A. van Liere

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9782503580661

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This volume brings together a number of texts that shed light on life in the Abbey of Saint Victor in Paris, from its ideals to its daily routine. The Liber ordinis builds a framework and ideal vision for life at the Abbey of Saint Victor. Richard's De quaestionibus, Hugh's De institutione novitiorum, the letters of Odo, William of Aebelholt's Vita, and the other documents translated here reflect the spirit of Victorine reform. Its central theme was the vita apostolica, with its emphasis on sharing resources and living in a community. By incorporating prayer, pastoral care, moral discipline, and education, the Victorines believed their lifestyle would help to reform the greater Christian world that was so in need of restoration to the image in which God had created it. Many of the texts gathered here are translated into English for the first time, and are an invaluable resource for the study of the Abbey of Saint Victor, twelfth-century church reform, and medieval spirituality.

Apologetic for Filioque in Medieval Theology

Apologetic for Filioque in Medieval Theology PDF

Author: Dennis Ngien

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2013-09-17

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1625643446

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"The original Nicene Creed (381 AD) said that the Holy Spirit 'proceeds from the Father' and the Eastern Orthodox churches follow that wording to this day. However, in the West the growing tradition was to think of the Spirit as 'proceeding from the Father and the Son' (Latin: filioque) and eventually in 589 AD the ecumenical creed of Nicea was modified by the Catholic Church to include the word 'filioque' ('and the Son'). This controversial move was the sole doctrinal cause of the Great Schism that divided the Orthodox and Catholic Churches (1054 AD) and it remains a dividing issue with the Christian Church to this day. This study examines the defense of the filioque clause by four medieval theologians in the Catholic Church and seeks to show why it mattered so much to them: ¥ Anselm (1033-1109) ¥ Thomas Aquinas (1224-1275) ¥ Richard of St Victor (d. 1173) ¥ Bonaventure (1217-1274) Opening with a history of the filioque, Ngien places each theologian's rational defence within the broader context, making this book much more than a discussion of the one contentious clause, but also a general introduction to medieval conceptions of the Trinity. "

Richard of Saint Victor, on the Trinity

Richard of Saint Victor, on the Trinity PDF

Author: RUBEN. ANGELICI

Publisher: James Clarke Company

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780227679975

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Angelici presents a trinitarian model, intelligible to a Western context but which could also awake admiration from Greek theologians. Today Richard's dogmatics could represent a bridge for dialogue between different traditions. For the first time this theological masterpiece is being made available, unabridged, in English to allow a broader theological public to benefit from Richard's accomplishments.