Faith seeking understanding.

Fides quaerens intellectum.

Anselm of Canterbury

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Anselm of Canterbury

Born 1033 in Aosta, Anselm rose from Benedictine monk to Archbishop of Canterbury (1093-1109). Called the father of scholasticism for trying to prove God's existence by reason alone, his ontological argument is still.

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Anselm of Canterbury's Other Quotes

I believe so that I may understand.

That than which nothing greater can be thought.

I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand.

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