Anselm of Canterbury

famous writing (Galli). He also describes how Christ can give salvation. According to him, Jesus died as a perfect prototype of human (in order to save mankind from sin) and this death is effective because of our unity with Christ. Anselm, an Archbishop of Canterbury, claimed that the idea that Christ died as a payment to the Devil is outrageous.…

original manuscript came from the 11th century. I have researched Eadmer to understand depth of his document and era at the time. Eadmer (Edmer) of Canterbury was born in 1066 CE from Anglo-Saxon family. He was a monk as well as a historian in the Benedictine monastery of Christ Church, Canterbury. Eadmer had close relationship with Archbishop Anselm, and came to record trial of…

it. We can consult God through prayer to help us choose rightly, or choose to do evil. In the latter case, we will be fully responsible for the consequences that may result. Inspired by Augustine’s doctribe of ‘faith seeking understanding’, Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) sought to explore its second part – understanding faith- by attempting to prove the existence of God. In doing so, he developed his famous ontological argument, inspired by the intuition that derived from Plato’s idea of the…

Portugal, was dominated by one of the richest and most intellectually powerful civilizations in the world, the Muslims. It would take Europeans until 1492, with the help from Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile and their Reconquista and Inquisition, to expel the Moors from Spain. Immediately after, their expulsion ushered in the Spanish “discovery” of the New World which would forever impact Western Civilization. But we all know how that story goes. I would like to posit a new…

Throughout the history of Philosophy the topic that is filled with the most arguments is the existence of a perfect being. Many people believe that a “perfect being” is capable of existing while others believe that the “perfect being” only exists in the form of God. Philosophy is flooded with arguments for and against the existence of God. I chose the photograph of The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci because the picture itself is of a man who seems to be completely proportional, a man who is…

Trinitarian Theology The debate of God’s existence seems as infinite as God Himself. Augustine’s remarks are foundational to the ontological argument of God’s existence: For when the one supreme God of gods is thought of, even by those who believe that there are other gods, and who call them by that name, and worship them as gods, their thought takes the form of an endeavor to reach the conception of a nature, than which nothing more excellent or more exalted exists…All, however, strive…

concerning the question of God’s existence wherein Blaise Pascal offers a pragmatic reason for believing in God. Pascal implies that we may never know whether or not God exists; however, theists will always have it better than atheists. In addition, Anselm of Canterbury presented the first ontological argument for God’s existence. The ontological argument attempts to show that God’s existence can be deduced from the definition or the very concept of God. He explains that the fact that our idea…

A century later Anselm of Canterbury would discover and articulate his so called ontological argument that proved the existence of this male, father, God that is the greatest possible being (131). Thomas Aquinas, in the Thirteen century, followed Anselm’s argument by providing…

Jesus in Christianity is often seen as the central figure of worship, a divine individual, and has also been described in the bible as performing miracles with gifts that his father bestowed on him. It is a common misconception of many believing that Jesus is seen the same in every religion. However, the religion of Islam proves that Jesus is not seen with the same perspective that Christians see Jesus; although there are some similarities. In Islam, the Qur’an (which is the moral code for…

Consequently, Crispin spent much of his life in the Abbey of Bec, alongside Herluin and later on, Lanfranc, providing the inspiration behind the text. The document is believed to be dated towards the end of Crispin’s life, likely after 1078 and the death of Anselm, the Abbot of Bec, after Herluin’s death in 1078. Around this period in medieval history, hagiographies were a popular method of promoting the lives of saints, but as stated by Salih, they were ‘amongst the earliest English literature’…