Dear Logos! *smile* Thank you for The Works of Anselm

Milford Charles Murray

 

 

 

 

 

 



Thank you, Logos for The Works of Anselm -- I remember buying it on Community Pricing for $4.00, early April 2009! Even now it is only $19.95! *smile*
Today, according to my Lutheran Service Book 3 year lectionary - Today - April 21 -- is the Commeration:

 
Anselm of Canterbury


Cur Deus Homo --
which taught that the reason for the incarnation was that Jesus, the Son of God, would suffer and die in place of sinners.
From Logos.com --

For nearly one thousand years, theologians, philosophers, and Christian apologists have felt the effects of Anselm of Canterbury. Anselm’s theological method was rigorous, and represented a seismic shift in medieval thought. He is widely considered the founder scholastic theology, and he has been called the church’s "second Augustine." His treatise on the atonement, Cur Deus Homo was the first to systematically articulate the penal substitution theory of the atonement, which was later developed by John Calvin and widely embraced by Reformed and evangelical churches. He was also the first to construct and systematize the ontological argument for the existence of God. The Major Works of Anselm of Canterbury contains Anselm’s important theological and philosophical writings: the Proslogium, the Monologium, Cur Deus Homo, and Reply to Guanilon.

 

 
Anselm was born in 1033 in Aosta in modern-day Italy. In 1059, after the death of his mother, Anselm left home and traveled to Normandy, and entered the Benedictine Abbey of Bec, where he became abbot in 1053. During his years at the Bec Abbey, he wrote his philosophical works, the Monologium and the Proslogium. Anselm made numerous trips to England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. His popularity with the English led King William II to appoint him as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1093. He remained Archbishop of Canterbury until his death in 1109.

Praise for the Print Edition

As a thinker, Anselm stands high in any company. Within the Christian tradition he rates among the best theologians of any age and among the finest authors of spiritual writings . . . Anselm was a pioneer of a method of clear thinking whose tone can be straightforwardly described as a sweet reasonableness. . . . There is always an issue of perennial concern at the heart of any matter he considers.
—G. R. Evans, Lecturer in History, University of Cambridge
Again, Thank You, Logos! You are much appreciated.



Born in Italy in 1033, Anselm is most closely associated with England, where he served as Archbishop of Canterbury for many years. A brilliant scholar and writer, Anselm used his political skills with the British kings on behalf of the established Christian church, affirming that it is the leadership of the church and not the state which has the responsibility of establishing structure and maintaining order among the clergy. Anselm is especially remembered for his classic book _Why God Became Man_ --