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Anselm
ANSELM (c. 1033–1109), Benedictine theologian, doctor of the church, archbishop of Canterbury, and Christian saint. Anselm is best known for an ontological argument for the existence of ...
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Anselm, St.(1033–1109)
The greatest philosopher of the eleventh century, Anselm of Canterbury was the author of some dozen works whose originality and subtlety earned him the title of "F...
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The Italian prelate St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) was a theologian, Doctor of the Church, and archbishop of Canterbury. He was one of the great thinkers of the Middle Ages.The 11th century witn...
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Like Augustine, Anselm was a leading churchman and bishop of his day. In his writings he focused on many of the same issues as Augustine: truth, the existence of God, evil, the Fall of humanity and Or...
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In the following essay, Feiss surveys Anselm's Trinitarian theology as it appears in his devotional writings.
St. Anselm was a monastic theologian, insofar as the context of his life and though...
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In the following essay, Craig assesses Anselm's arguments against theological fatalism and his ideas regarding free will.
Contemporary discussions of foreknowledge and future contingency have a...
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In the following essay, Bestul elucidates the stylistic influence of St. Augustine's work on Anselm's devotional writing.
St. Anselm composed most of his nineteen prayers and three medit...
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In the following essay, Van Fleteren highlights some features of the theological relationship between Anselm and St. Augustine.
It would be but an elaboration of the obvious to prove that the thought ...
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In the following essay, Law summarizes the rhetorical effects of the Proslogion while observing that the work was probably originally drafted simply to bring joy to its first intended audience, the mo...
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In the following essay, Baumstein outlines the influence of Anselm's character and ideals on the fundamental principles of Benedictine education.
When creating the Benedictine college in Rome i...
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In the following excerpt, Mews concentrates on the text and arguments of Anselm's Epistola de Incarnatione Verbi, a polemical treatise aimed against Roscelin of Compiègne's concep...
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In the following essay, Worthen asserts that St. Augustine in his De trinitate and Anselm in his Proslogion engage in a narrative process of leading readers toward an understanding of God, and compare...
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In the following essay, Brown evaluates and ultimately rejects Anselm's rational claims in his Cur Deus Homo regarding the necessity of God's Incarnation as Christ in order to save human...
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In the following essay, Topping explores Anselm's response to St. Augustine's formulation of human will as the root cause of evil, seeing Anselm's solution to this problem in the ...
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In the following essay, McGrath evaluates Anselm's thought on salvation as it appears in his Cur Deus Homo, maintaining that Anselm's conception of justice is based on theological rather...
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In the following essay, Fröhlich surveys Anselm's collected correspondence, highlighting the monk's efforts to suppress letters that could potentially damage his reputation.
The w...
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It is important to show why the topic you are discussing is important, especially if there are other topics that could be studied in place of the one you are discussing. In this case, the discus...
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Does God exist? That question has been asked by people for centuries. Christians, Jews, and Muslims would all say that God exists. They would claim that He is the creator of all things and is of a...
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Anselm
Anselm, St. (1033–1109)
Anselm of Canterbury, St.
Anselm of Canterbury
Critical Essay by Hugh Feiss
St. Anselm's Ontological Argument
