The Sentences Book 1: The Mystery of the Trinity (Mediaeval Sources in Translation)

Peter Lombard

ISBN 10: 0888442920 / ISBN 13: 9780888442925

Published by PIMS, 2007

About this Item

2007 Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 6 x 9 inches tall trade paperback in glossy color pictorial covers, index, lviii, 278 pp. Slight creasing and edgewear to covers. Staining to lower tip page edges. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~DD~ [2.0P] The landmark first full English translation of The Sentences Book 1: The Mystery of the Trinity, translated by Giulio Silano, making the standard medieval theology textbook accessible to English readers for the first time. Includes a comprehensive historical introduction by the translator, a detailed bibliography, a table of contents, and an index for navigating the complex arguments. Written by the 12th-century theologian Peter Lombard, The Sentences serves as a thematic compilation of biblical passages and opinions (glosses) from the Church Fathers. Book 1 contains 48 Distinctions exclusively covering historic Christian teachings on God in his transcendence and the mystery of the Trinity. The work systematically balances differing statements from patristic authors?most notably St. Augustine?reconciling conflicting viewpoints to lay down a blueprint for systematic Western theology.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sentences Book 1: The Mystery of the Trinity (Mediaeval Sources in Translation)
• Publisher: PIMS
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0888442920
• ISBN 13: 9780888442925
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 32 ounces

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Synopsis

This volume makes available for the first time in English full translations of Book 1 of Peter Lombard's Sentences, the work that would win the greatest teacher of the twelfth century a place in Dante's Paradise and would continue to excite generations of students well beyond the Middle Ages.