St. Anselm of Canterbury

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🗓️ 1 April 2024

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Taylor Kemp and Dr. Elizabeth Klein discuss the life of St. Anselm of Canterbury, monk, abbot, and second archbishop of Canterbury. A doctor of the Church, St. Anslem was admired by Thomas Beckett and Thomas More because he resisted English kings during the investiture controversy. St. Anselm’s masterpiece Cur Deus Homo includes his argument for the ontological argument for God’s existence. Watch Catholic Saints on FORMED. Sign Up for FORMED. Support this podcast and the Augustine Institute on the Mission Circle.

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast on Catholic Saints. This podcast is produced by the Augustine Institute,
0:09.1	an Apostolate helping Catholics understand, live, and share their faith.
0:18.1	Hello, everyone, and welcome to Catholic Saints. My name is Taylor Kemp. I'm your host and the vice president of content here at the Augustine Institute. And with me is Dr. Elizabeth Klein, who is a professor for our graduate school of theology. Dr. Klein, it's great to have you back. Thanks for having me. It's my joy. You're one of my favorite people to talk to, especially when we're talking about Catholic Saints. Dr. Klein, today we are talking about St. Anselm of Canterbury, whose feast date is April 21st.
0:45.5	Who is St. Anselm of Canterbury? St. Anselm of Canterbury is a monk, abbot, bishop,
0:53.3	theologian doctor of the church. Yeah, he's got a lot of, a lot of
0:58.4	accolades to his name, in a life of Christ. He lived from 1033 to 1109, so an early medieval saint.
1:08.5	He's probably one of the first theologians I ever read in my course of
1:11.6	theological study. Yeah, his, we can talk about it a little more later, but his masterpiece
1:15.5	Cure Deus Homo, why God became man, kind of one of the earliest theological reflections
1:21.2	on the nature of the incarnation in Christ's atonement. Still very appealing, I think, today people
1:26.3	still use it today. And of course he's famous for his
1:28.1	ontological argument for the existence of God. That's what I've heard. Which I talked to an Anselm of Canterbury
1:33.9	scholar before I did this episode and he said, don't talk about the ideological argument. Talk about
1:38.8	this and not the other thing. So I'll try to honor Father Maloney and his love of St. Anselm. But actually, what this scholar
1:47.2	told me about Anselm was that really his life is actually really interesting in addition to his
1:51.6	theology. So to talk a little bit about his life, which I, of course, happy to do.
1:56.8	Ansela of Canterbury was actually largely admired by the more famous later English saints,
2:03.5	Thomas Beckett and Thomas More, because he kind of sets the stage for resisting English kings,
2:10.1	papacy over kings during the investiture controversy, which you may or may not be familiar with.
2:16.8	Nope.
2:17.4	Not familiar with the investor controversy.
2:19.3	And if I'm not, I'm assuming most listeners are not either.
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