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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...

Anselm. I believe that God demands this of every rational being, and every being owes this in obedience to God. Boso. We ought to acknowledge this. Anselm. That man, therefore, owed this obedience to God the Father, humanity to Deity; and the Father claimed it from him. Boso. There is no doubt of this. Anselm. Now you see what he did, under the demand of obedience. Boso. Very true, and I see also what infliction he endured, because he stood firm in obedience. For death was inflicted on him for his
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