Cur Deus Homo
Why God Became Man

Teologii au încercat adesea să răspundă la întrebări care nu pot primi decît răspunsuri ipotetice. Cîteva exemple: De ce a creat Dumnezeu lumea? De ce s-a întrupat în Iisus Christos? Este iadul etern? La întrebarea lui Anselm din Aosta (1033 / 1034 - 1109), desemnat în 1093 arhiepiscop de Canterbury,......more

DUDE. This book. THIS BOOK. Why didn't someone tell me to read St. Anselm sooner??? (I think this cements my destiny as a lover of Scholastic theology, because St. Anselm is apparently critiqued in here for a 'mechanical' view of salvation? And when I heard that, my reaction was "HE DOESN'T HAVE THAT A......more

First published in 1098, Cur Deus Homo is the classic articulation of the atonement as satisfaction. Why couldn't God just forgive us without sending Jesus to die in our place? Doesn't that limit God's power? And if the incarnation was really the only way, doesn't that limit God's freedom? Anselm use......more

My history of Christianity class is keeping me afloat in my reading challenge 😤......more

A really interesting work from Anselm, though I don't think I really enjoyed it as much as his Proslogion. One aspect of Christianity that's always been very difficult for me to grasp is the idea of the Incarnation. I understand it, abstractly, but it was never entirely clear to me why the forgivenes......more