Editing Richard of Saint Victor (section)

===''De Trinitate''===
One of Richard's greatest works was the ''De Trinitate'' which was probably written while Richard was prior, between 1162 and 1173.<ref>For the question of dating, see Coolman and Taylor, ''Trinity and Creation'', (2010), p200.</ref><ref>The Migne version of the Latin text is in PL 196:887–992, and is a reprint of the 1650 edition of John of Toulouse. A modern critical edition of the Latin text is in Jean Ribaillier, ed, ''Richard de Saint-Victor. De Trinitate. Texte critique avec introduction, notes et tables'', (Paris: Vrin, 1958). A bilingual (Latin text with French translation) was published by Sources Chrétiennes (no. 63; Textes Monastiques d' Occident, III) in 1959. Full English translations are available in two works: Boyd Taylor Coolman and Dale M Coulter, eds, ''Trinity and creation: a selection of works of Hugh, Richard and Adam of St Victor'', (Turnhout: Brepols, 2010), and R. Angelici, ''Richard of Saint Victor: On the Trinity. English Translation and Commentary'' (Eugene: Cascade, 2011).</ref> This is known because it incorporates pieces of theological text which editors are now finding in earlier works.<ref>Richard, p.21</ref> ''De Trinitate'' is Richard's most independent and original study on dogmatic theology. It stems from the desire to show that dogmatic truths of Christian revelation are ultimately not against reason. Richard's theological approach stems from a profoundly mystical life of prayer, which in the Spirit seeks to involve the mind, in continuation with the Augustinian and Anselmian tradition.

Since this work was not available in any English translation until recently, its diffusion has been limited and its influence has seldom gone beyond 'Book III'.<ref>Angelici, p.6</ref> In 2011, the first full English translation of Richard's ''De Trinitate'' was published by Ruben Angelici.<ref>{{cite book|translator-last=Angelici|translator-first=R.|year=2011|author=Richard of Saint Victor|title=On the Trinity|place=[[Eugene, Oregon]]|publisher=[[Wipf & Stock]]}}</ref>