Man was created to see God. By sin, man lost the blessedness for which he was made and found the misery for which he was not made. He did not keep what was good even though he could keep it easily. Without God it goes badly for us. Our efforts are in vain without God. Man cannot look for God unless God himself teaches him or find him unless he reveals himself. God created man in his image so that he might be aware of him, think about him and love him. The believer does not try to understand so that he may believe but he believes so that he may understand - for if he did not believe, he would not understand. - St. Anselm of Canterbury -

WHY GOD BECAME MAN. - This is the debt which man and angel owe to God and no-one who pays this debts commits sin; but everyone who does not pay it sins. This is justice or uprightness of will which makes a being just or upright in heart, that is, in will; and this is the sole and complete debt of honour which we owe to God and which God requires of us. - St. Anselm of Canterbury -

Saint Anselm - Born in Aosta in the Italian Alps, he came from the noble Lombard family. His mother, Ermenberga, a Burgundian, was a pious woman but after her death his father's violence and harshness led Anselm to flee home. While at Bec he wrote his well known philosophical and theological works, 'the Monologium' and 'the Proslogium', with the ontological argument for the existence of God.

Gentle and self-effacing by nature, St. Anselm was unyielding on matters of principle. A man of fearless zeal, he strongly denounced the slave trade and staunchly defended the 'Filioque' (and from the Son) a doctrine that indicated matter-of-fact that the Holy Spirit proceeded from the Father and the Son.

Many important writings of this noble Prelate, who was considered the greatest intellect of his age and a 'pattern for all theologians' were composed during his two banishments. His main work is "Cur Deus Homo" ("Why God Became Man"), a dialogue with non-Christian. Debunking the theory that Satan has a right over man through sin, this treatise teaches that sin is essentially an infinite offense against God which demands adequate atonement, an act the God-Man Jesus performed once and for all on the Cross. The deep and abiding influence which his thinking has had upon the Church's philosophy and theology earned him the titles of "Father of Scholasticism" and "Doctor of the Universal Church" (1720).

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -