Synopsis
ANSELM OF CANTERBURY, b. in 1033, at
Aosta in Piedmont; d. at Canterbury, April 21, 1109; the father of mediaeval
scholasticism, and one of the most eminent English prelates. He belonged to a
rich family of old Lombard nobility, but felt himself so strongly drawn towards
a life of study and contemplation, that, in spite of his father’s protest,
he entered the Monastery of Bec, in Normandy, where he studied under the
tuition of his celebrated countryman, Lanfranc, and finally took holy orders.
In 1063 he was chosen prior, and in 1078, abbot of Bec; and under his guidance
and by his teaching the fame of the school of the place steadily increased. In
1093 he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury; and, though he was a very mild
and meek man, he had adopted the Gregorian views of the relation between Church
and State, and followed them out in practice with unswerving consistency.
Strife soon broke out between him and the king, William Rufus, who exiled him
in 1097. Under William’s successor, Henry I., he returned; but the strife
soon broke out again. Once more he went into exile; and a reconciliation was
not brought about until 1106, when the king renounced the right of investiture
with ring and staff, and the archbishop consented to take the oath of
allegiance for his feudal possessions.
In the history of theology Anselm stands as
the father of orthodox scholasticism. He was called the second Augustine. Of
the two theological tendencies at that time occupying the field, - the one more
free and rational, represented by Berengarius; anti the other confining itself
more closely to the tradition of the church, and represented by Lanfranc, - he
chose the latter; and he defines the object of scholastical theology to be the
logical development and dialectical demonstration of the doctrines of the
church such as they were handed down through the Fathers. The dogmas of the
church are to him identical with revelation itself; and their truth surpasses
the conceptions of reason so far, that it seems to him to be mere vanity to
doubt a dogma on account of its unintelligibility. Credo ut intelligam, non
quaero intelligere ut credam, is the principle on which he proceeds; and
after him it has become the principle of all orthodox theology. As a
metaphysician he was a Realist; and one of his earliest works, De Fide
Trinitatis, was an attack on the Nominalist Roscellin’s doctrine of
the Holy Trinity. His two most celebrated works are Proslogium, written
before 1078, and setting forth the ontological proof of the existence of God,
and Cur Deus Homo, finished at Capua in 1098, and developing those views
of atonement and satisfaction which still are held by orthodox divines. his
Meditationes and Orationes are of an edifying and contemplative
character rather than dialectical, but are often very impressive.
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Albert
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Anselm
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Christopher
Armstrong, St. Anselm and His Critics: Further Reflections on the Cur Deus
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Richard
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Richard
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M.T. Clanchy,
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Joseph
Clayton, Saint Anselm. Milwaukee: Bruce, 1933. pp.xxvi +
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Jos Decorte,
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Daniel Deme,
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R. Evans, Anselm and Talking About God. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
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Gillian R.
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Gillian R.
Evans, "St. Anselm and St. Bruno of Segni: The Common Ground," Journal of
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Gillian R.
Evans, "A Theology of Change in the Writings of St. Anselm and His
Contemporaries," Recherches De Theologie Ancienne Et Medievale 47
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Gillian E.
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Gillian
R. Evans, ed. Concordance to the Works of St. Anselm. Kraus
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G.R. Evans,
"Making the Theory Fit the Practice: Augustine and Anselm on Prayer,"
Epworth Review 18.3 (1991): 78-81. |
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G.R. Evans,
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John D.
Hannah, "Anselm on the Doctrine of Atonement," Bibliotheca Sacra 135:
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Charles
Hartshorne, "What Did Anselm Discover?" Union Seminary Quarterly Review
17.3 (1962): 213-222. |
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Desmond
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Desmond
P. Henry, Commentary on De Grammatico: The Historical-Logical Dimensions of
a Dialogue of St Anselm's. Synthese Historical Library, 8. Dordrecht &
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David
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Jasper
Hopkins, A Companion to the Study of St. Anselm. Minneapolis: University
of Minnesota Press, 1972. Hbk. ISBN: 0816606579. pp.304. {Amazon.com} |
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Jasper
Hopkins & Herbert Richardson, Complete Treatises, Vol. 4:
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Anselm
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G. Stanley
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Journal of Theology 26 (1973): 40- |
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Saint
Anselm's Proof: A Problem of Reference, Intentional Identity and Mutual
Understanding (Gyula Klima) |
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Brian Leftow,
"Anselm on the Necessity of the Incarnation," Religious Studies 31.2
(1995): 167-185. |
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A.E. McGrath,
"Rectitude the Moral Foundation of Anselm of Canterbiry's Soteriology,"
Downside Review 336 (1981): 204-213. |
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John
McIntyre, St. Anselm and His Critics: A Re-Interpretation of the Cur
Deus Homo. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1954. pp.214. |
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E.L. Mascall,
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14 (1963): 67-90. |
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Perry C.
Mason, "The Devil and St. Anselm," International Journal for Philosophy of
Religion 9.1 (1978): 1-15. |
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(1982): 37-46. |
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Aidan
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Review 103(352) (1985): 204-217. |
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Theological Studies 53.4 (1992): 611-645. |
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M.J.A.
O'Connor, "New Aspects of Omnipotence and Necessity in Anselm," Religious
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John O'Neill,
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Ted Peters,
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 Michael Robson, St Francis of Assisi: The
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A. Rogers & John R. Fortin (Editor), Saint Anselm - His Origins and
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Michael Root,
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Peter M.
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Dorothy
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Frederick
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 Richard W. Southern, Saint
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 Richard W. Southern, Saint Anselm: A
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 Richard W. Southern & F.S. Schmitt, eds.
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Sally
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C.R. Walker,
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Gordon
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Gordon
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Method," Scottish Journal of Theology 42 (1989): 493- |
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Stephen D.
Wigley, "Karl Barth on St. Anselm: The Influence of Anselm's 'Theological
Scheme' on T.F. Torrance and Eberhard Jüngel," Scottish Journal of
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Saint
Anselm (Thomas Williams) |
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Josef
Zumr & Vilem Herold, eds. The European Dimension of St Anselm's
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