‎AUGUSTINE [AUGUSTINUS] (& ROTELLE John E., ed.)‎
‎The Trinity‎

‎Nichil melius, nichil perfectius caritate. Richard of St. Victor's Argument for the Necessity of the Trinity‎

‎, Brepols, 2025 Hardback, Pages: 280, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:2 b/w, Languages: English, Latin. ISBN 9782503613444.‎

‎Summary In his magnum opus De Trinitate, the twelfth-century canon Richard of St. Victor offers sustained reflection on core dogmatic claims from the Athanasian creed. At the heart of the treatise is Richard's argument for exactly three divine persons. Starting with the necessity of a single, maximally perfect divine substance, Richard reasons along four steps: (i) God must have maximal charity, or other-love; (ii) to be perfectly good, delightful, and glorious, God's other-love must be shared among at least two, and (iii) among at least three, divine persons; (iv) the metaphysics of divine processions and love each ensure the impossibility of four divine persons. For Richard, Scripture and trustworthy church authorities already provide certainty in these truths of faith. Even so, as an act of ardent love, Richard contemplates the Trinity as reflected in creation. From this epistemic point of departure, he supports his conclusions from common human experience alone. Recently, philosophers of religion have employed Richard's trinitarian reflection as a springboard for constructive work in apologetics and ramified natural theology. His unique and meticulous approach to the Trinity has garnered attention from scholars of medieval and Victorine studies, recognizing the novelty and rigour of his philosophical theology. This volume presents the first focused exploration of Richard's central thesis in De Trinitate, combining historical context with philosophical scrutiny. It confronts the most challenging aspects of his argument, presenting Richard's insights as not merely intriguing but also profoundly compelling. His thesis, if validated, promises to significantly enrich modern dialogues on the philosophical and theological dimensions of the Trinity. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Renewed Interest in Richard of St. Victor's Trinitarian Thought Aims, Scope, and Objectives Outline 1. De Trinitate: Context and Method Introduction Twelfth-Century Europe and the Abbey of St. Victor Three Notes on Method in De Trinitate Conclusion: De Trinitate Viewed Through the Contemporary Philosophy-Theology Paradigm 2. The Argument for Divine Charity Overview Three Components of Richard's Metaphysics of Goodness Exposition of The Argument for Divine Charity Summary and Conclusion 3. The Conditions and Order of Charity Introduction and Overview The Conditions of Charity The Argument Against Supreme Charity for Created Persons Conclusion 4. Arguments for Multiple Divine Persons Overview The Argument for Multiple Divine Persons from Goodness The Argument for Multiple Divine Persons from Happiness The Argument for Multiple Divine Persons from Glory Conclusion 5. Arguments for Three Divine Persons Introduction: What Happened in DT 3.6-10? The Argument for Three Divine Persons from Goodness The Argument for Three Divine Persons from Happiness The Argument for Three Divine Persons from Glory Conclusion 6. Arguments for the Impossibility of Four Divine Persons Introduction: Foundations of the Arguments Against Four or More Divine Persons The Argument Against Four or More Divine Persons from Processions The Argument Against Four or More Divine Persons from Love Concluding Thoughts: AF-L's dependence on AF-P Conclusion Review Implications for Social Trinitarians Implications for Non-Social Trinitarians Implications for Heterodox Christian Theologies Conclusion Bibliography Index‎

‎The Trinity Paterick or the Tales of the Holy Saviors of God under the grace of‎

‎The Trinity Paterick or the Tales of the Holy Saviors of God under the grace of St. Sergius. In Russian /Troitskiy paterik ili skazaniya o svyatykh ugodnikakh boiikh pod blagodatnym voditelstvom prepodobnogo Sergiya. Trinity Library. Book 2. Sergiev Posad of the Holy Trinity Sergiy Lavra 1992. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. The delivery of this book might be delayed beyond the usual timeframe due to extended processing and preparation before shipment, and faster shipping options are not offered. Please inform us if you need the order by a certain date or have a deadline. SKUalba93cda0444399eea‎

‎Richard of Saint-Victor, On the Trinity. Prologue and Six Books‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, 304 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Language(s):English, Latin. ISBN 9782503594125.‎

‎Summary Richard of Saint-Victor's On The Trinity from the 12th century is a main source for our understanding of a leading intellectual tradition of the Western world in which love was regarded the highest and the best in the human world and therefore also was the reality in which the highest and the best, God, was to be seen. Richard understands human love as interpersonal so that love must be realized between two persons, but for being the highest love that excludes any private and selfish love, both loving persons must share their love with a third person. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. Richard of Saint-Victor and the 12th Century a. The Augustinian Tradition b. Human Love c. Richard's Influence 2. Richard and Saint-Victor a. The Abbey b. Monastery and School c. Internationalism d. The Death of Richard 3. The Theological Method a. Faith and Reason b. Reason and Experience c. The Augustinian-Anselmian Tradition d. The Necessary Reasons e. Reason and Mysticism 4. Love and Trinity a. Love and the Highest Love b. Caritas ordinata and amor discretus c. Condilectio d. Unity and Plurality in Love e. Anthropomorphism? Richard of Saint-Victor, De Trinitate / On The Trinity Latin Text and English Translation side by side. Bibliography Index of Names‎

‎Trinity Nicholas Ivanov. The Trinity of Deity. Historical and archaeological res‎

‎Trinity Nicholas Ivanov. The Trinity of Deity. Historical and archaeological research on monuments of the universal history of art. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Troitskiy Nikolay Iv. Triedinstvo Bozhestva. Istoriko-arkheologicheskoe issledovanie po pamyatnikam vseobshchey istorii iskusstva. Message at the XIV All-Russian Archaeological Congress in Chernigov. Second edition amended and completed with 65 drawings. Tula. 1909. 88 p. SKUalb60327ed81760e5e1.‎

‎Sentences - Book 1: The Mystery of the Trinity,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2007 Paperback, LVIII+278 p., 150 x 230 mm. ISBN 9780888442925.‎

‎Peter Lombard's major work, the four books of the Sentences, was written in the mid twelfth century, and as early as the 1160s, the text was glossed and commented on in the schools. There is hardly a theologian of note throughout the rest of the Middle Ages who did not write a commentary on the Sentences. Yet in spite of its importance in Western intellectual history and its capacity to excite many generations of students and teachers, the Sentences has received little attention in more recent times. Indeed, it has been called 'one of the least read of the world's great books'. This volume makes available for the first time in English a full translation of Book 1 of the Sentences. It consists of forty-eight Distinctions, the bulk of which deal with God in his transcendence and with the mystery of the Trinity. The person of God the Father is the topic in Distinction iv, that of God the Son in v-ix, that of God the Holy Spirit in x-xviii. Distinctions xix-xxxiv are deeply concerned with the language that can be used in describing the Trinity and the relations among the divine persons. The remaining distinctions deal with the divine attributes as they become manifest in God's action towards creatures. An important concern is the preservation of God's sovereign freedom and the avoidance of any confusion regarding the absolute transcendence of God, despite his graceful self-disclosure in creation and revelation. The volume contains an introduction to Peter and to the Sentences and its first book, a list of the major chapter headings, and a bibliography. Languages : English, Latin.‎