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Anselm of Canterbury Quotes

d. 1109 Italy

Anselm of Canterbury (1033 – April 21 1109) was an Italian-born prelate and scholastic theologian, who moved first to Normandy and then to England. He was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 until his death.

Italy
Philosophers
Theologians

Also known as: Anselm, Saint Anselm, St. Anselm

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Therefore, lord...we believe that you are something than which nothing greater can be thought.

God often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own.

God was conceived of a most pure Virgin … it was fitting that the virgin should be radiant with a purity so great that a greater purity cannot be conceived.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anselm of Canterbury (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.