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There is a strange logic of fate in the fact that the same man, who had to defend Christian freedom against all the gloomy clouds of an unbiblical doctrine of foreknowledge, predestination and original sin, had to spend his best efforts in struggle for the freedom of the Church in the English investiture controversy.

St. Anselm is wonderful. The most exalted mysticism on one hand - and on the other, a full awareness of its ecclesial and even political implications. Thanks for posting more great readings from von Balthasar!

[JMJ333]

Thanks. I like Anselm also. Its not often that a Catholic saint wins the admiration of German philosophers and English historians. But Anselm has this singular distinction from Hegel and Freeman. Rare indeed.