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Cur Deus homoCur Deus homo

Cur Deus homo1891

Anselm of Canterbury

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"How great a thing it is, also, for God and man to unite in one person, that, while the perfection of each nature is preserved, the same being may be both God and man! Who, then, will dare to think that the human mind can discover how wisely, how wonderfully, so incomprehensible a work has been accomplished?" Cur Deus Homo, translated "Why God-Man?", refers to the question of the nature of Christ's incarnation. In this fictional philosophical dialog between Anselm and Boso, a monk in Normandy, this question is handled masterfully and is arguably the first complete exposition of the doctrine of substitutionary atonement. This electronic edition features an active table of contents. Cur Deus Homo is part of The Fig Classic Series on Medieval Theology. To view more books in our catalog, visit us at fig-books.com

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1891
OL Work ID
OL15847410W

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