Anselm of Canterbury

Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 or 1034 - April 21, 1109) was a widely influential mediæval philosopher and theologian. Anselm is perhaps most famous to philosophers as the author of the ontological argument for the existence of God. But he also authored a number of other arguments for the existence of God, based on cosmological and teleological grounds.

To western theologians however, Anselm is important because he interprets the death and resurrection as the self satisfaction of God in order to allow for the salvation of sinful men and women whose salvation would otherwise offend God's inherent property of justice, and thereby establishes one of the most prominent atonement theories in the history of western theology.

Major Works:

Monologion

Proslogon

Other Dialogs:

De Veritate

De Libertate

De Grammatico

Cur Deus Homo?

External Link

St. Anselm at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (http://www.ccel.org): http://www.ccel.org/a/anselm/