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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter seventeen reiterates what about God?

2. In chapter fourteen, Anselm follows up by arguing that God can be seen but also not seen by who?

3. God exists in every place and time. Can he also exist in neither any place nor any time?

4. Why can we as humans not win back our salvation?

5. Anselm begins the Proslogium in the preface by stating his dissatisfaction with _______________ and his rationale for writing the Proslogium.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jesus derive existence from God? Why?

2. What challenge is raised in Chapter 16 of the Monologium?

3. How is God a substance and also transcends substance?

4. What is the "Word?" How does Anselm come to explain this?

5. How does Anselm begin the Proslogium?

6. What does Anselm say in Chapter 1?

7. How does Anselm explain that God creates from nothing but that everything, in a sense, already exists?

8. What is learned about the Holy Spirit?

9. What does Chapter 15 argue?

10. Give an example showing why God must exist.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

St. Anselm defines God as the being "than which nothing greater can be conceived."

Part 1) How does he support this definition? Could there be other, better, definitions of God? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does this definition support Anselm's other beliefs and claims?

Part 3) What is your own definition of God? How have you come to this definition? What might Anselm think of your definition? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Christ's life pays God for humanity's sins.

Part 1) How does Christ's life do this? Could anyone else's life be capable of paying for humanity's sins? Why or why not?

Part 2) How important are the facts that Christ had the freedom to sin and died happily to his ability to pay God for mankind's sins? Explain.

Part 3) Why has the world not returned to its original state, as with Adam and Eve, if Christ has paid for mankind's sins?

Essay Topic 3

God is passionless, according to St. Anselm.

Part 1) How is passionless? Does he contain compassion? Why or why not? Do you agree with Anselm? Why or why not?

Part 2) Is it a positive thing that God is passionless? Why or why not?

Part 3) Have you been passionless in your life? If so, when and why? How did it affect your actions? If not, why not?

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