The Life of St. Anselm: Archbishop of Canterbury : a Contribution to a Knowledge of the Moral, Ecclesiastical, and Literary Life of the Eleventh and Twelfth CenturiesT. Jones, 1842 - 178 pages |
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Page 134 - Sicut rectus ordo exigit, ut profunda Christianae fidei prius credamus, quam ea praesumamus ratione discutere ; ita negligentia mihi videtur, si postquam confirmati sumus in fide, non studemus quod credimus intelligere.
Page 72 - Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona ; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Page 133 - Neque enim quaero intelligere, ut credam; sed credo, ut intelligam. Nam et hoc credo quia nisi credidero, non intelligam.
Page 73 - And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth shall be bound also in heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed also in heaven.
Page 146 - Et certe id, quo majus cogitari nequit, non potest esse in intellectu solo. Si enim vel in solo intellectu est, potest cogitari esse et in re : quod majus est. Si ergo id quo majus cogitari non potest, est in solo intellectu, idipsum quo majus cogitari non potest, est quo majus cogitari potest : sed certe hoc esse non potest. Existit ergo procul dubio aliquid, quo majus cogitari non valet, et in intellectu et in re.
Page 140 - I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.
Page 72 - Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it ; and to thee will I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven...
Page 131 - Nilu'l igitur apertius quam rationalem creaturam ad hoc esse factam, ut summam essentiam amet super omnia bona, sicut ipsa est summum bonum; imo ut nihil amet nisi i Ham aut propter illam; quia illa est bona per se, et nihil aliud est bonum nisi per illam.
Page 131 - ... aptissime igitur ipsa sibimet esse velut speculum dici potest, in quo speculetur, ut ita dicam, imaginem eius quem facie ad faciem videre nequit. Nam si mens ipsa ex omnibus quae facta sunt sui memor et intelligens et amans esse potest, non video, cur negetur esse in illa vera imago illius essentiae, quae per sui memoriam et intelligentiam et amorem in Trinitate ineffabili consistit.
Page 94 - He who attempts to attain to his good, his beatitude, by any other means, invariably and inevitably fails. It is as our Lord said, — ' I am the door ; ' and ' he that entereth not by the door, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber.