Anselm of Aosta wrote the majority of his Prayers and Meditations between 1070 and 1080 and created a tradition of intimate, intensely personal pra...
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Aug 17, 2009
Gregory
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I'm not sure how to process all the prayers to saints (deep devotion, but screams "idolatry" to my Protestant scruples), but a wonderful example of true theology, which should lead to prayer and meditation. Ironic (or is it?) that the theologian who gave us the doctrine of the substitutionay atonement should have prayed so fervently to Mary and John the Baptist? Thanks God that he uses confused people like us to figure out the truth over long periods of time! Should make us more hum
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Sep 16, 2009
Diane
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This book is a bit hard to review, because it is very dense philosophy, and the style is more akin to Plato than to modern Christian apologetics. However, the book was a very moving meditation on God's being and the universe, which I would recommend reading carefully.
Apr 21, 2008
Patrick\
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An important Saint in the Western Church, but certainly dated in outlook. Who today prays to St. Peter to keep the gate-key turned on open for my soul to pass through? And who today would ascribe a certain lethargy at times as sin, rather than simply occasional laziness or enjoyment of leisure? This is one serious fellow.
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