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Anselm of Canterbury

Scholastic1033–1109Medieval

Archbishop of Canterbury known as the "Father of Scholasticism." His ontological argument for God's existence and satisfaction theory of the atonement profoundly influenced Western theology.

Key Works

  • Proslogion
  • Cur Deus Homo
  • Monologion

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