Anselm of Canterbury

This reflective essay provides some preliminary thoughts on the development of my own faith and practice in light of all topics covered in this class. Coming to the close of this spring quarter, this systematics class discussed multiple themes within theology proper. The readings and discussions dealt with ways to approach doing theological reflection to working through the third article of the Creed. It seems impossible to pick one or two of these topics and speak about their influence on my…

Daniel – Reflection Every biblical character seems to have qualities that are good and bad, we can derive those qualities to apply it in our lives now. We all know Daniel for interpreting the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, and for his faithfulness demonstrated when was thrown in the lion’s den. But we need to understand the underlying qualities of Daniel, which made him the prophet he was. One of the main qualities of Daniel that caught my attention was that: - Daniel knew where to go for answers…

MARCOS, Ferdinand M. 2PHL1 St. Augustine’s reconciliation on free will, goodness and authentic life. The concept of free will, God, and evil were always been a big talk in any era of Philosophy, specifically about divinity and supreme being-God. So I decided to concentrate on St. Augustine’s implications on free will and his work on the problem of evil. We are tackling on scholasticism, so I chose St Augustine’s philosophy regarding on freewill. On the First thought,…

Man has been grappling with the complexity of free-will and determinism since the antiquity era. Over the centuries, innovative ideas have been presented defending both cases of the argument. In the case of determinism, I choose to focus on two specific branches of the philosophy: casual determinism and theological determinism. These two concepts contribute the most compelling evidence on the determinist’s behalf. The main issue which arises from determinism is the notion that an individual is…

Unlike religion, which is the belief in one Supreme Being in its simplest terms, atheism would be described as secular, or non-belief. In atheism, one does not to believe what they know, because they already know what they believe. The Archbishop of Canterbury said, “For, rather than seeking to understand so that I can believe, I believe so that I can understand .” This state-ment shows that if a person does not believe, then they will not be able to understand what or whom it is they are…

complicated plot, stemming from African legend and likened by some to Hamlet. Simba, afraid of his past, runs from a future leadership opportunity the way we wish most politicians did. When finally confronted by a friend, he seems almost to be the Anselm of Canterbury of our tale, forced into a position of leadership by people he did not wish to rule. The remarkable aspect of Simba is not necessarily his skill or preparedness, but rather his lack thereof and the turning point of his attitude…

A general appraisal (=evaluation), and the third part an appraisal of what Rausch writes on a specific issue: I believe in God. In chapter three of Thomas Raunchy book, I believe in God, it starts with an opening article of the apostles creed , “ I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth((Thomas P. Rausch, SJ, I believe in God ,Publication Year: 200, pp 31-62)” Which is considered as the foundation of everything else which Christians believe. On the other hand, this…

noted in a description of the country by a native: “This country is give much blood…This is a thirsty country. The blood of a thousand Christs. Nothing”(McCarthy 108.) We must consider the magnitude of his description: Christ was, according to Anselm of Canterbury, the personification of the most divine, and therefore was the only one whose death could absolve mankind of its sins, but according to this man a thousand of these are insufficient to sate the country of its blood lust and sin,…