Anselm Of Canterbury

Author : St. Anselm
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998-09-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191605123

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Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works by St. Anselm Pdf

`For I do not seek to understand so that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand. For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not understand.' Does God exist? Can we know anything about God's nature? Have we any reason to think that the Christian religion is true? What is truth, anyway? Do human beings have freedom of choice? Can they have such freedom in a world created by God? These questions, and others, were ones which Anselm of Canterbury (c.1033-1109) took very seriously. He was utterly convinced of the truth of the Christian religion, but he was also determined to try to make sense of his Christian faith. Recognizing that the Christian God is incomprehensible, he also believed that Christianity is not simply something to be swallowed with mouth open and eyes shut. For Anselm, the doctrines of Christianity are an invitation to question, to think, and to learn. Anselm is studied today because his rigour of thought and clarity of writing place him among the greatest of theologians and philosophers. This translation provides readers with their first opportunity to read all of his most important works within the covers of a single volume. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : David S. Hogg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351957946

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Anselm of Canterbury by David S. Hogg Pdf

Anselm is a major figure in theological, philosophical and historical studies. This book provides a fresh approach to the study of this great figure; one which provides critical interaction with current critical thinking whilst arguing in favour of the idea of theological unity in Anselm's corpus. Exploring the Proslogion, but also more 'minor' works, David Hogg interacts with the theological content of Anselm's writings: showing how Anselm's ontological argument fits into the wider context of his theology; comparing the holistic approach of Anselm's thought with that of other medieval personages and fitting him into the wider medieval context; and revealing how Anselm's theology integrates the atonement and questions of predestination, the fall of the Devil and free will, and other issues. The book concludes with an assessment of the impact of Anselm's theology during his own time, and the continuing effect his thinking has had on succeeding centuries of theological development.

Author : Saint Anselm (Archbishop of Canterbury)
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1998-09-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780192825254

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Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works by Saint Anselm (Archbishop of Canterbury) Pdf

After Aquinas, Anselm is the most significant medieval thinker. Utterly convinced of the truth of the Christian religion, he was none the less determined to try to make sense of his Christian faith, and the result is a rigorous engagement with problems of logic which remain relevant for philosophers and theologians even today. This translation provides the first opportunity to read all of Anselm's most important works in one volume. - ;`For I do not seek to understand so that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand. For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not understand.' Does God exist? Can we know anything about God's nature? Have we any reason to think that the Christian religion is true? What is truth, anyway? Do human beings have freedom of choice? Can they have such freedom in a world created by God? These questions, and others, were ones which Anselm of Canterbury (c.1033-1109) took very seriously. He was utterly convinced of the truth of the Christian religion, but he was also determined to try to make sense of his Christian faith. Recognizing that the Christian God is incomprehensible, he also believed that Christianity is not simply something to be swallowed with mouth open and eyes shut. For Anselm, the doctrines of Christianity are an invitation to question, to think, and to learn. Anselm is studied today because his rigour of thought and clarity of writing place him among the greatest of theologians and philosophers. This translation provides readers with their first opportunity to read all of his most important works within the covers of a single volume. -

Author : Simonetta Carr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1601782411

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Anselm of Canterbury by Simonetta Carr Pdf

Anselm is probably the greatest theologian who lived during the time between Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas. His compelling yearning to know and love God as He is revealed to us in Scriptures shaped his life and permeates all of his writings. He found the greatest joy in communion with God, but was thrusted into the difficult political scene of the 11th-12th centuries. He didn't work well with kings and, at one point, he had most of the English leaders against him. Still, his writings have had a great influence on the Christian church, and his teachings about Christ's sacrifice and about the relation between faith and reason are a vital part of the historical Christian Confessions. What can Anselm teach our children? To be inquisitive and use their minds as God's gifts to discover and understand what He has revealed in His word (Deut.29:29). Particularly, I hope the children will take time to consider and explore Anselm's question: Why a God-man? What is the meaning of Christ's sacrifice on the cross? What do we mean when we say, "Jesus died for our sins"? Our understanding of Christ's atonement shapes all of our theology and our lives.

Author : Eileen C. Sweeney
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813219585

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Anselm of Canterbury and the Desire for the Word by Eileen C. Sweeney Pdf

Sweeney's study offers a comprehensive picture of Anselm's thought and its development, from the early, intimate, monastically based meditations to the later, public, proto-scholastic disputations

Author : Saint Anselm
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725293694

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Cur Deus Homo by Saint Anselm Pdf

Cur Deus Homo ("Why God was a Man") was written from 1095 to 1098 once Anselm was already archbishop of Canterbury and discusses the Incarnation. It takes the form of a dialogue between Anselm and Boso, one of his students. Its core is a purely rational argument for the necessity of the Christian mystery of atonement, the belief that Jesus's crucifixion was necessary to atone for mankind's sin. This edition also contains a selection of his letters.

Author : Samu Niskanen
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Textgeschichte
ISBN : 2503540759

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The Letter Collections of Anselm of Canterbury by Samu Niskanen Pdf

The letters of Anselm of Canterbury (a 1109) provide the clearest insight into his mind and action, and they also constitute one of our finest vantage points to observe the formation of those profound forces moulding Europe in the late eleventh- and early twelfth centuries. The focus of the present study is the transmission of Anselm's correspondence. It argues that many of the conclusions of earlier scholarship have been constructed on flawed foundations. Using evidence from all known manuscripts and printed editions, the study seeks to demonstrate precisely how Anselm's letters have survived and how the surviving witnesses relate to one another. The study also aims to define the historical contexts within which our key manuscripts were copied and edited. Only when equipped with this store of information can we begin to understand the editorial processes that shaped the textual tradition of Anselm's letter collections before and after his death.

Author : Benedicta Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : IND:30000127155350

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Anselm of Canterbury by Benedicta Ward Pdf

It is nine hundred years since the death at Canterbury of the great mediaeval Archbishop and thinker Anselm. This meticulously researched and immensely engaging book brings to life the man and his times, the depth of Anselm's thought, and his career in the arena of politics in church and state. It explores his place among the saints, in his life and after his death, especially in the light of his profound understanding of heaven which was a central theme throughout his life from childhood onwards. Accounts from Anselm's friends and enemies, his own letters, prayers and meditations are combined with the author's in-depth knowledge of the times to present a rounded picture of a unique Christian figure who speaks to us today, challenging many of our assumptions about his world and ours.

Author : Giles E.M. Gasper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351957915

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Anselm of Canterbury and his Theological Inheritance by Giles E.M. Gasper Pdf

Anselm of Canterbury is one of the most famous of medieval Christian thinkers, who left a considerable political and intellectual inheritance of his own. This book reveals that the theological and intellectual inheritance available to Anselm was more dynamic, broader and deeper than is traditionally thought and Anselm was influenced by more than just the works of St Augustine. Giles Gasper focuses particularly on the part played by the translated works of the Greek Fathers. Demonstrating how widely the writings of the Fathers of the Church were available in western libraries, Gasper goes on to compare key aspects of doctrine in Anselm's thought with that of the notable Greek Fathers. Questioning the way in which Anselm and other authors have been described, this book moves away from well worn routes of interpretation and provides new perspectives on this most significant figure in the history of the church, the middle ages, and western thought.

Author : Margaret Healy-Varley,Giles Gasper,George Younge
Publisher : Anselm Studies and Texts
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004468099

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Anselm of Canterbury: Communities, Contemporaries and Criticism by Margaret Healy-Varley,Giles Gasper,George Younge Pdf

This volume explores the work of Anselm of Canterbury, theologian and archbishop, in light of the communities in which he participated.

Author : Saint Anselm (Archbishop of Canterbury)
Publisher : Arthur J. Banning Press
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015055195674

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Complete Philosophical and Theological Treatises of Anselm of Canterbury by Saint Anselm (Archbishop of Canterbury) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004506480

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New Readings of Anselm of Canterbury's Intellectual Methods by Anonim Pdf

New readings of Anselm’s speculative and spiritual writings brought in light of questions and thinkers from Augustine to today.

Author : Saint Anselm (Archbishop of Canterbury)
Publisher : E. Mellen Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UCAL:B3923843

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Anselm of Canterbury by Saint Anselm (Archbishop of Canterbury) Pdf

This volume seeks to illustrate the difficulty of grasping some of Anselm's ideas by showing how his simple language is not always clear, and how some of his clear ideas are not always simple.

Author : St. Anselm,Thomas Williams
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001-09-01
Category : God
ISBN : 9781603847537

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Proslogion by St. Anselm,Thomas Williams Pdf

Thomas Williams' edition offers an Introduction well suited for use in an introductory philosophy course, as well as his own preeminent translation of the text.

Author : Professor Sally N Vaughn
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409456544

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Archbishop Anselm 1093–1109 by Professor Sally N Vaughn Pdf

St Anselm's archiepiscopal career, 1093-1109, spanned the reigns of two kings: William Rufus and the early years of Henry I. As the second archbishop of Canterbury after the Norman Conquest, Anselm strove to extend the reforms of his teacher and mentor at Bec, and his predecessor at Canterbury, Archbishop Lanfranc. Exploring Anselm's thirty years as Prior and Abbot of the large, rich, Norman monastery of Bec, and teacher in its school, this book notes the wealth of experiences which prepared Anselm for his archiepiscopal career--in particular Bec's missionary attitude toward England. Sally Vaughn examines Anselm's intellectual strengths as a teacher, philosopher and theologian: exploring his highly regarded theological texts, including his popular Prayers and Meditations, and how his statesmanship was influenced as he dealt with conflict with the antagonistic King William Rufus. Vaughn argues that Rufus's death influenced Anselm's rivalry with King Henry I and fostered a more subdued and civil conflict between Anselm and Henry which ended with cooperation between king and archbishop at the end of Anselm's life. King and archbishop became‘yoked together as two oxen pulling the plow of the church through the land of England’. Anselm’s final years at the pinnacle of power reveal a superb administrator over Canterbury and Primate over the churches of all Britain, in which position his followers described him as 'Pope of another world'. The final section includes a selection of original source material including archiepiscopal letters drawn primarily from Lambeth Palace Library.