Written for his brother Benedictine monks around 1077, Anselm’s Proslogion is perhaps the best-known partially-read book of the Middle Ages. Many readers are familiar only with Anselm’s well-known argument for God’s existence in Chapters 2–4, which is often called the “ontological argument,” a misleading appellation coined centuries later by Immanuel Kant. In this argument Anselm begins with the thought of “something than which nothing greater is able to be thought,” and subsequently he le...

“As I stood at the foot of the cross, this pure white garment became saturated with the streams of crimson blood which gushed from His precious body!”—Our Lady to Saint AnselmThere is no human person who loved Christ more than Mary. And there is no greater act of love than Christ's sacrifice on the cross.In these pages, you will find two of the most stirring revelations of Christ's passion and death ever recorded by Doctors of the Church—Saint Anselm, the Magnificent Doctor, along ...

The second Augustine, as St. Anselmus had been called, starts out from the same principle as the first; he holds that faith precedes all reflection and all discussion concerning religious things. The unbelievers, he says, strive to understand because they do not believe; we, on the contrary, strive to understand because we believe. They and we have the same object in view; but inasmuch as they do not believe, they cannot arrive at their goal, which is to understand the dogma. The unbelieve...

St. Anselm of Canterbury, a Doctor of the Church, lived during the 11th and 12 centuries. Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man), is one of St. Anselm's most famous works. This edition, translated by James Gardiner Vose, includes a table of contents.

“Only in self-abasement can we be lifted upward, and only in tears and groans can the joy of Heaven be forever ours.”—St. Anselm of CanterburySt. Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) helped inaugurate the Age of Scholasticism, a period of Christian cultural and philosophical rebirth during the High Middle Ages, deepening the Augustinian quest to know both God and His creation rather than God alone. Saint Anselm’s spiritual guidance was widely sought after and h...

`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...

“And yet the visible sun, as splendid as it is, is a mere created object, and is therefore certainly less radiant than the divine splendor, and less beautiful than the glory of the God Who fashioned it. It consequently follows that the bodies of the saints—suffused with this glory of God—will surpass the beauty and radiance of the sun itself.”—Saint AnselmThe great Doctor of the Church and Benedictine monk Saint Anselm has assembled one of the greatest books ever written on...

Anselm of Canterbury (circa 1033-1109), also called of Aosta for his birthplace, and of Bec for his home monastery, was a Benedictine monk, a philosopher, and a prelate of the church who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. Called the founder of scholasticism, he is famous as the originator of the ontological argument for the existence of God. Anselm was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1720 by Pope Clement XI. Although utterly convinced of the truth of Christ...

"Proslogion" (1077-1078): In this work, St. Anselm presents his famous ontological argument for the existence of God. He seeks to demonstrate the existence of a being that is greater than which nothing can be conceived, and that being is God."Monologion" (c. 1076-1077): This work is another philosophical and theological treatise in which St. Anselm explores various arguments for the existence and nature of God."Cur Deus Homo" (c. 1094-1098): Translated as "Why God Became Man," this work is...

The Complete Collection comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section. The Complete Collection includes the following books by St. Anselm, all in one and perfectly formatted! Books in the collection include bestsellers: 1. Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man)2. Philosophers' Criticisms of Anselm's Ontological Argument for the Being of God3. Monologium 4. Proslogium5. Gaunilo & Anselm's ApologeticAnselm of Canterbury (Aosta c. 1033 Canterbury 21 April 1109), al...

St. Anselm of Canterbury'Äôs "Collected Works" offers a profound exploration of medieval philosophy and theology, showcasing his distinctive blend of rigorous logical inquiry and deeply personal faith. Within these pages, Anselm'Äôs famous ontological argument for the existence of God stands out, reflecting his ability to weave complex ideas into accessible prose. The works are marked by a meticulous attention to the nature of existence, faith, and reason, situated amidst the socio-religio...

This edition of Cur Deus Homo comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section. The Satisfaction (or Commercial) theory of the atonement was formulated by Anselm of Canterbury in his book, Cur Deus Homo (lit. Why the God-Man?). He has introduced the idea of satisfaction as the chief demand of the nature of God, of punishment as a possible alternative of satisfaction and equally fulfilling the requirements of justice thus opening the way to the assertion of punis...