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St. Anselm

NOUN
  1. an Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God

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  • St. Anselm founded Scholasticism, integrated Aristotelian logic into theology, and believed that reason and revelation are compatible.
  • It is interesting to note that, following St. Anselm's "Monologium", he takes the human soul as the first element of observation as to the contingence of nature, and thence rises to God. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
  • He teaches theology at the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome.
  • St. Anselm, who has been called the acutest thinker and profoundest theologian of his day, was born in Piedmont about 1032. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
  • Romney "used a term earlier that - that I shrink from, and it's one that I don't think we should be using as Republicans: 'middle class,'" Santorum said during the nationally televised debate at the Dana Center at St. Anselm College. All Stories
  • Bertram disarmed, outheroding Charles de Moor in the Robbers, befaces the collected knights of St. Anselm, (all in complete armour) and so, by pure dint of black looks, he outdares them into passive poltroons. Biographia Literaria
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