Medieval Christianity · AD 850–1500
Anselm of Canterbury
1033–1109 · Catholic · Canterbury
A Benedictine monk, theologian, and archbishop of Canterbury associated with early medieval scholastic thought.
Major contributions
Atonement, arguments for God's existence
- Wrote Proslogion and its philosophical argument concerning God.
- Cur Deus Homo developed a satisfaction account of the incarnation and atonement.
Theological positions
Modern labels do not always describe historical writers precisely.
- Christology
Cur Deus Homo considers why salvation involves the God-man.
- Roman Catholic
He served as archbishop within the medieval Western Church.
Major writings
- Proslogion
- Cur Deus Homo