Book by St Anselm of Canterbury in the 1090s, proposing the satisfaction view of the atonement
The beginning of the Cur Homo's prologue, from a 12th-century manuscript held at Lambeth Palace
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Cur Deus Homo? (Latin for "Why God Human?"), usually translated Why God Became a Man, is a book written by Anselm of Canterbury in the period of 1094–1098. In this work he proposes the satisfaction view of the atonement.
Anselm says his reason for writing the book is:
I have been often and most earnestly requested by many, both personally and by letter, that I would hand down in writing the proofs of a certain doctrine of our faith, which I am accustomed to give to inquirers; for they say that these proofs gratify them, and are considered sufficient. This they ask, not for the sake of attaining to faith by means of reason, but that they may be gladdened by understanding and meditating on those things which they believe; and that, as far as possible, they may be always ready to convince any one who demands of them a reason of that hope which is in us.[1]
^Cur Deus Homo Preface p. 177 Deane translation of Proslogium etc 1903
hope which is in us. CurDeusHomo Preface p. 177 Deane translation of Proslogium etc 1903 CurDeusHomo (in Latin) CurDeusHomo (Deane's 1903 translation)...
more hereafter". Withdrawing to Canterbury, Anselm began work on the CurDeusHomo. Upon William's return, Anselm insisted that he travel to the court...
primarily from the works of Anselm of Canterbury, specifically his CurDeusHomo ("Why was God a man?"). It has been traditionally taught in the Roman...
our time". Jenson died in his home in Princeton on September 5, 2017. CurDeusHomo? The Election of Jesus Christ in the Theology of Karl Barth (Heidelberg...
by these councils and popes. Anselm of Canterbury established in his CurDeusHomo the definition that was followed by the great 13th-century Schoolmen...
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author and St. Augustine the narrator. Anselm of Canterbury Anselm's CurDeusHomo is a Socratic dialogue between Anselm and a monk named Boso. Galileo...
complete by 1098, as the latest work by Anselm that finds mention is Curdeushomo. This suggests that it is the earliest work by Honorius, written when...
Christ's incarnation. The positive endorsement of Anselmian motives in CurDeusHomo continues in Church Dogmatics II/1. Barth maintains with Anselm that...
'if' and 'then'. For example, 'if a man runs, then God exists' (Si homo currit, Deus est). A consequence is 'true' when the antecedent implies the consequent...
shift occurred, Aulén says, when Anselm of Canterbury published his CurDeusHomo around 1097 AD which marked the point where the predominant understanding...
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the main mediaeval category for thought about the cross. Anselm's CurDeusHomo?, which largely determined the mediaeval development, saw Christ's satisfactio...
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industrial societies. Saint Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033–1109) in CurDeusHomo extended the concept of honour from his own feudal society to postulate...
not "mystical" surrender to the "absolute", but ascetical struggle: "CurDeushomo? Why, to what purpose, did He become man, expose himself to injurious...
Ecclesiasticus 15:5, In medio Ecclesiae aperuit os ejus, * Et implevit eum Deus spiritu sapientiae et intellectus. * Jucunditatem et exsultationem thesaurizavit...
authority of Lanfranc and Anselm, Roscellin prompted Anselm to write CurDeusHomo and other treatments of the divine nature refuting his treatment. Roscellin...
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Adventists Believe... pp. 112–113. Primary sources Anselm (8 May 2008), "CurDeusHomo", Anselm of Canterbury [Why the God Man?], Translated by Brian Davies...
some of the aspects of the divine nature are hidden (Deus absconditus) and others revealed (Deus revelatus) to finite human minds. Thomist philosophy...
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Switzerland built 1093–1109 Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, writes CurDeusHomo (Why God Became Man), a landmark exploration of the Atonement 1095–1291...
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