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Defense of the Faith Reader 1.0.1.Indd Defense of the Faith Roman Roads Reader Defense of the Faith Roman Roads Reader Scholastics in the High Middle Ages Companion Book for Christendom: Defense of the Faith, a curriculum by Roman Roads Media. Defense of the Faith, Scholastics in the High Middle Ages A Roman Roads Reader. Copyright © 2016 Roman Roads Media Published by Roman Roads Media, LLC 121 E 3rd St., Moscow ID 83843 509-906-8635 | www.romanroadsmedia.com [email protected] Editor: Wesley Callihan Copy Editor: George Callihan Managing Editor: Daniel Foucachon Cover Design: Daniel Foucachon and Rachel Rosales Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher, except as provided by the USA copyright law. Version 1.0.1 Defense of the Faith, Scholastics in the High Middle Ages Roman Roads Media, LLC. ISBN: 978-1-944482-09-1 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book has been designed to accompany the Old Western Culture curriculum by Roman Roads Media. 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Just as the first century roads of the Roman Empire were the physical means by which the early church spread the gospel far and wide, so Roman Roads Media uses today’s technology to bring timeless truth, goodness, and beauty into your home. By combining excellent instruction augmented with visual aids and examples, we help inspire in your children a lifelong love of learning. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 978-1-944482-09-1 CONTENTS PROSLOGIUM, Anselm of Canterbury .....................................................................................3 MONOLOGIUM, Anselm of Canterbury ...............................................................................26 CUR DEUS HOMO, Anselm of Canterbury ....................................................................... 103 Book First. ....................................................................................................................... 104 Book Second. .................................................................................................................... 151 HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF BRITAIN, Geoffrey of Monmouth ........................... 188 Book I .............................................................................................................................. 188 Book II ............................................................................................................................. 207 Book III ........................................................................................................................... 219 Book IV ........................................................................................................................... 233 Book V ............................................................................................................................ 247 Book VI ........................................................................................................................... 263 Book VII ......................................................................................................................... 282 Book VIII ........................................................................................................................ 293 Book IX ........................................................................................................................... 314 Book X ............................................................................................................................ 333 Book XI ........................................................................................................................... 349 Book XII ......................................................................................................................... 357 THE GOLDEN LEGEND, Jacobus de Voragine .............................................................. 371 Life of St. Nicholas .......................................................................................................... 371 Life of St. Anthony .......................................................................................................... 380 Life of St. Agnes .............................................................................................................. 385 Life of St. Juliana ............................................................................................................ 390 Life of St. Longinus ......................................................................................................... 394 Life of St. Patrick ............................................................................................................ 396 Life of St. George ............................................................................................................. 399 Life of St Pernelle (Petronilla) .......................................................................................... 405 THE CONQUEST OF CONSTANTINOPLE, Geoffrey de Villehardouin ................ 407 THE LIFE OF ST. LOUIS, Jean de Joinville ...................................................................... 526 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 526 Part I ................................................................................................................................ 529 Part II .............................................................................................................................. 536 PROSLOGIUM Anselm of Canterbury TRANSLATED BY SIDNEY NORTON DEANE Preface In this brief work the author aims at proving in a single argument the existence of God, and whatsoever we believe of God. The author writes in the person of one who contemplates God, and seeks to understand what he believes. To this work he had given this title: Faith Seeking Understanding. He finally named it Proslogium,—that is, A Discourse. AFTER I had published, at the solicitous entreaties of certain brethren, a brief work (the Monologium) as an example of meditation on the grounds of faith, in the person of one who investigates, in a course of silent rea- soning with himself, matters of which he is ignorant; considering that this book was knit together by the linking of many arguments, I began to ask myself whether there might be found a single argument which would re- quire no other for its proof than itself alone; and alone would suffice to demonstrate that God truly exists, and that there is a supreme good re- quiring nothing else, which all other things require for their existence and well‑being; and whatever we believe regarding the divine Being. Although I often and earnestly directed my thought to this end, and at some times that which I sought seemed to be just within my reach, while again it wholly evaded my mental vision, at last in despair I was about to cease, as if from the search for a thing which could not be found. But when I wished to exclude this thought altogether, lest, by busying my mind to no purpose, it should keep me from other thoughts, in which I might be successful; then more and more, though I was unwilling and shunned it, it began to force itself upon me, with a kind of importunity. So, one day, 3 ANSELM OF CANTERBURY when I was exceedingly wearied with resisting its importunity, in the very conflict of my thoughts, the proof of which I had despaired offered itself, so that I eagerly embraced the thoughts which I was strenuously repelling. Thinking, therefore, that what I rejoiced to have found, would, if put in writing, be welcome to some readers, of this very matter, and of some oth- ers, I have written the following treatise, in the person of one who strives to lift his mind to the contemplation of God, and seeks to understand what he believes. In my judgment, neither this work nor the other, which I mentioned above, deserved to be called a book, or to bear the name of an author; nor yet did I think they ought not to be sent forth without some title by which they might, in some sort, invite one into whose hands they fell to their perusal. I accordingly gave each a title, that the first might be known as, An Example of Meditation on the Grounds of Faith, and its sequel as, Faith Seeking Understanding. But, after, both had been
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