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	Anselm of Canterbury -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 or 1034 – April 21, 1109), a widely influential medieval (A specialist in philosophy) philosopher and (Someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology (especially Christian theology)) theologian, held the office of (additional info and facts about Archbishop of Canterbury) Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109.
		Anselm was born in the city of (additional info and facts about Aosta) Aosta in the Kingdom of (Red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere)) Burgundy.
		Philosophers perhaps think of Anselm primarily as the author of the (additional info and facts about ontological argument) ontological argument for the existence of (The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions) God.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/an/anselm_of_canterbury.htm (865 words)

	St. Anselm -Welcome to The Crossroads Initiative
		Anselm was born around 1033 into the family of a Lombard landowner of Aosta, in the Piedmont regions of Northern Italy.
		In 1078 Anselm rose to abbot of Bec and was ultimately appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in England in 1093.
		Anselm's theological work is famous for his "ontological" proof for the existence of God outlined in his Monologion and Proslogion and his "satisfaction" theory of the atonement, outlined in his book Cur Deus Homo ("Why God became Man").
	www.crossroadsinitiative.com /library_author/42/St._Anselm.html (274 words)

	Catholic Community Forum Saints - St. Anslem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Anselm was born in the province of Piedmont in the year 1033 of a Catholic family.
		Anselm realized that argument with the king was unavoidable so he voluntarily exiled himself from England until the death of the King.
		Anselm soon got into a bitter disagreement with Henry I, the new king, and was exiled for three years to Rome.
	www.catholic-forum.com /themes/st_anslem.html (549 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Anselm: On the Existence of God
		Anselm himself is equally fascinating, since he combined the seemingly disparate roles of saint, ecclesiastical leader, and major philosopher.
		Anselm entered the abbey as a novice in 1060 and rapidly rose to eminence.
		Anselm arrived in 1093 and almost from the moment he touched English soil he was fighting with William to gain ecclesiastical freedom from royal control.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/anselm.html (4855 words)

	St. Anselm
		Anselm was made Archbishop (4 December 1093), the King recovered, and the two began to dispute the extent of the King's right to intervene in Church matters.
		Typical of Anselm is his reversal of a tendency among English bishops after the Norman Conquest to ignore or downgrade the Anglo-Saxon saints as representatives of the conquered race.
		Anselm argued that, if he was not a martyr to faith, he was a martyr to justice and to charity.
	satucket.com /lectionary/Anselm.htm (940 words)

	Anselm of Canterbury [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Anselm wished to carry his case to Rome, and in 1097, with much difficulty, obtained permission from the king to go.
		As a metaphysician Anselm was a realist, and one of his earliest works, De fide Trinitatis, was an attack on the doctrine of the Trinity as expounded by the nominalist Roscelin.
		Gaunilo, a contemporary monk of Anselm, wrote an attack on Anselm's argument titled "on behalf of the fool." He offers several criticisms, the most well known is a parody on Anselm's argument in which he proves the existence of the greatest possible island.
	www.utm.edu /research/iep/a/anselm.htm (1104 words)

	History of Philosophy 30
		It is interesting to note in St. Anselm's philosophy the development of another element which is as essential to Scholasticism as is the use of dialectic, namely, the union of faith and reason, of theology and philosophy.
		Anselm did not compose a separate treatise on psychology: the points of doctrine which are here gathered under the title "Psychological Doctrines" are found scattered through his different works.
		Anselm never intended us to forget that, while the good, for its own sake, is the immediate motive of action, the ultimate reason of all moral action is the will of God.' Moral evil (injustitia), since it is a negation, does not require a cause.
	www.nd.edu /Departments/Maritain/etext/hop30.htm (1630 words)

	Saint Anselm
		In 1093 Anselm was enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
		Anselm was understandably reluctant to undertake the primacy of the Church of England under a ruler as ruthless and venal as William, and his tenure as Archbishop proved to be as turbulent and vexatious as he must have feared.
		Anselm claims that we are still free, because we continue to be such that if we had rectitude of will, we could preserve it for its own sake; but we cannot exercise our freedom, since we no longer have the rectitude of will to preserve.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/anselm (5462 words)

	St. Anselm
		Anselm replied, that he was not afraid of suffering, or even losing his life in the cause of God; but that he saw there was nothing to be done in a country where justice was so overruled as it was in England.
		Anselm spoke to the point with so much learning, judgment, and penetration that he silenced the Greeks and gave such a general satisfaction that all present joined in pronouncing Anathema against those that should afterwards deny the procession of the Holy Ghost from both the Father and the Son.
		Anselm had a most lively faith of all the mysteries and great truths of our holy religion; and by the purity of his heart, and an interior divine light, he discovered great secrets in the holy scriptures, and had a wonderful talent in explaining difficulties which occur in them.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/STANSELM.HTM (3315 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / St. Anselm reprieve praised
		The decision to modify the closure of St. Anselm was made six months after parishioners began a 24-hour vigil, taking turns sleeping on air mattresses in the chapel, cooking group meals, and running Sunday worship services themselves.
		Several St. Anselm worshipers said their joy was tempered by the fate of less-fortunate parishes: Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Boston and St. James the Great in Wellesley, both of which had mounted vigil efforts, were ordered by the archdiocese to close for a second time.
		Anselm's pastor, the Rev. John Fitzpatrick, said he was not offered the option of remaining at St. Anselm, but he said he was delighted it will stay open.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/01/st_anselm_reprieve_praised (749 words)

	Anselm, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Anselm momentarily overcame the king’s intransigence and took the pallium from Urban’s legate.
		Henry I of England recalled Anselm, who proved valuable in arranging Henry’s marriage to Matilda of Scotland and in gaining the support of the barons for the king in his dispute with Robert of Normandy.
		Anselm eventually won (1107) Henry’s agreement to surrender the right of investiture in exchange for homage from church revenues—a compromise that strengthened papal authority in the English church.
	www.bartleby.com /65/an/Anselm.html (496 words)

	St. Anselm and the Ontological Argument
		Anselm's equation may be correct, but it does not introduce the possibility of God until we can show that the definition of God is defined as Anselm believed.
		Anselm effectively states that the more perfect something is, the more real it is. God then, by definition, is the most real entity in the universe.
		Anselm intends perfect to mean the same thing as what Plato means by perfect, which is completely indefensible as a foundation for an a priori proof.
	www.geocities.com /meretricula/anselm.html (1325 words)

	St. Anselm
		Anselm profited so well by the lessons of this master that he became his most familiar disciple and shared in the work of teaching.
		Anselm would not take the pallium from the King's hand; but in a solemn service at Canterbury on 10 June, 1095 it was laid on the altar by the legate, whence Anselm took it.
		Anselm's chief achievement in philosophy was the ontological argument for the existence of God put forth in his "Proslogium".
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/01546A.htm (4765 words)

	St. ANSELM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Anselm was one of the greatest thinkers of the Middle Ages.
		Anselm was born in Aosta, Italy, became a Benedict monk in 1060 in France, and was named archbishop of Canterbury in 1093.
		He became the founder of Scholasticism and he attempted to use logic to proof the existence of God - a philosophy known as Ontology.
	www.hyperhistory.com /online_n2/people_n2/persons5_n2/anselm.html (68 words)

	Anselm
		Although born at Aosta in Alpine Italy and educated in Normandy, Anselm became a Benedictine monk, teacher, and abbot at Bec and continued his ecclesiastical career in England.
		Anselm's combination of Christianity, neoplatonic metaphysics, and Aristotelean logic in the form of dialectical question-and-answer was an important influence in the development scholasticism during the next several centuries.
		As a philosopher, Anselm is most often remembered for his attempts to prove the existence of god: In
	www.philosophypages.com /ph/anse.htm (395 words)

	ipedia.com: Anselm of Canterbury Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Saint Anselm of Canterbury, a widely influential mediæval philosopher and theologian, held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109.
		Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 or 1034 - April 21, 1109), a widely influential mediæval philosopher and theologian, held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109.
		Since all men are sinful, no man can satisfy God; consequently, God sent Jesus Christ, whose death and resurrection satisfied God's righteousness and allowed for the salvation of man. In this way Anselm established one of the most prominent atonement theories in the history of western theology.
	www.ipedia.com /anselm_of_canterbury.html (241 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Anselm of Canterbury
		After a childhood devoted to piety and study, Anselm wanted to enter religious life, but his father prevented it, and Anselm became rather wordly for several years.
		Upon his mother's death, Anselm argued with his father, fled to France, and became a Benedictine monk at Bec, Normandy.
		King Henry I invited him to return to England, but they disputed over investitures, and Anselm was exiled again to return in 1106.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainta16.htm (410 words)

	St. Anselm Exploration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Anselm Exploration Company is a privately held oil and gas exploration and production company that has an established track record of generating large petroleum reserves through exploration and development.
		He began his career as an independent in 1986 and in 1989 he formed St. Anselm where he manages all technical aspects of prospect development and oversees all drilling and completion activities in conjunction with operating partners.
		Tania has been with St. Anselm since 1999 where she is involved in investor relations, planning, analysis and implementation, bookkeeping and finance.
	www.stanselmexco.com (560 words)

	St. Anselm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Anselm is known for his theological writings that many consider on par with those of Augustine.
		When he was 15 Anselm wanted to enter a monastery, but decided against it because his father disapproved.
		Anselm again followed his friend Lafranc into a new position; this time Archbishop of Canterbury.
	www.homefaith.com /webcal_files/955064822.html (215 words)

	St. Anselm by R.W. Southern--Seapadre Review
		Anselm: A Portrait in a Landscape by R.W. Southern (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1990, ISBN 0 521 43818 7) 493 pp., $24.95.
		When he told me he was reading a study of St. Anselm, I asked him to hurry it up so he could lend it to me. He did, complete with post-it notes at the sections he thought most important.
		Anselm himself is a witness that Europe was much more than a geographical designation.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/2964/anselm.html (1131 words)

	St. Anselm
		Anselm’s pursuit was exercising faith to understand and to use his understanding to believe.
		Although Anselm was not murdered as Lincoln, he had to undergo a form of oppression, opposition and conflict with those in political control.
		Saint Anselm was an abbot, bishop, philosopher, and theologian.
	www.doctorsofthecatholicchurch.com /AN.html (3399 words)

	Cross-Cultural Community Center of Saint Anselm of Canterbury
		Since the beginning, St. Anselm's has maintained its grass-roots philosophy in efforts to address the areas of assistance among diverse ethnic and cultural communities in Orange County.
		St. Anselm's is a local refugee resettlement agency, a joint affiliate with three national voluntary agencies, which are holding agreements with the U.S. State Department for refugee resettlement.
		St. Anselm's provides Refugee Employment Services, which aim at assisting refugee individuals and families to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency, family stability and community integration.
	www.saintanselmgg.org /cccc.htm (619 words)

	St. Anselm - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
		At 15, Anselm wanted to enter a monastery, but was refused acceptance because of his father's opposition.
		Anselm obtained from the national council at Westminster the passage of a resolution prohibiting the sale of human beings.
		Anselm, like every true follower of Christ, had to carry his cross, especially in the form of opposition and conflict with those in political control.
	www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay?id=1360 (458 words)

	St. Anselm's God Necessarily Exists
		Anselm states that he wants to find a proof of God, not because he does not believe in God, but because he believes in God, he wants proof of his belief.
		After St. Anselm first interpreted this ontological argument, it was no surprise to that some one would say that his argument was flawed.
		Anselm responds by saying that, this would be true if perfect island was defined as that than which no greater can be conceived.
	www.freeessays.cc /db/35/peh141.shtml (1161 words)

	St Anselm of Canterbury
		Born in Aosta in Northern Italy, St Anselm was a Benedictine monk and, from 1093, Archbishop of Canterbury.
		Anselm is credited with the invention of the ontological argument for God’s existence, which he set out in his Proslogion (“Discourse”).
		Anselm is also remembered for his account of the Atonement in terms of satisfaction for wrongs committed against God’s majesty.
	www.philosophyofreligion.info /anselm.html (249 words)

	Ontological Arguments
		The first, and best-known, ontological argument was proposed by St. Anselm of Canterbury in the 11th.
		Anselm reasoned that, if such a being fails to exist, then a greater being — namely, a being than which no greater can be conceived, and which exists — can be conceived.
		Anselm, Saint [Anselm of Bec, Anselm of Canterbury]
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/ontological-arguments (8614 words)

	College Review: St. Anselm's
		Founded 100 years ago by the Order of St. Benedict, St. Anselm College is a co-ed, private Roman Catholic four-year college that tries to enroll a student body which reflects a variety of religious, racial and cultural backgrounds.
		Anselm's has earned a great reputation as a premier small New England liberal arts college.
		Anselm's is a school that, in my opinion, is definitely worth the time and energy to visit.
	www.teenink.com /Past/1990/934.html (451 words)

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