O Lord our God, grant us grace to desire Thee with our whole heart; that, so desiring, we may seek, and seeking find Thee; and so finding Thee may love Thee; and in loving Thee, may hate those sins from which Thou hast redeemed us.

— Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109), Theologe, Erzbischof

Topics: Faith & Trust, Prayer & Silence, Guilt & Forgiveness

Anselm of Canterbury

Anselm von Canterbury (1033–1109) war ein aus Italien stammender Benediktinermönch, katholischer Theologe und Erzbischof von Canterbury, der als Mitbegründer der Frühscholastik gilt. Er prägte das Programm eines Glaubens, der nach rationaler Einsicht strebt („fides quaerens intellectum“), und formulierte den ontologischen Gottesbeweis sowie die Lehre von der stellvertretenden Genugtuung Christi. Für Bibelleser bleibt sein Werk ein klassischer Bezugspunkt für das theologische Verständnis der Versöhnung, auch wenn seine an mittelalterlichen Rechts- und Ehrbegriffen orientierte Argumentation bis heute kontrovers diskutiert wird.

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