Therefore, lord...we believe that you are something than wh… - Anselm of Canterbury

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

Anselm of Canterbury

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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.

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Native Name: Anselme d'Aoste • Anselmus Cantuariensis

Alternative Names: St. Anselm of Canterbury • Anselm of Aosta • Anselm of Bec • Anselm • Saint Anselm • St. Anselm

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Ergo domine...credimus te esse aliquid quo nihil maius cogitari possit.

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.

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.

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

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