Which BEST explains how Anselm’s ontological argument was received in his era?

He was widely criticized in his era.

He was persecuted so he had to write in secret.

The Catholic Church welcomed his use of logic and theology.

Anselm’s work did not become well known until after his death.

Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) was a Benedictine monk who served as Archbishop of Canterbury during the period 1093-1109. He excelled as a scholastic theologian and philosopher and the ontological argument he developed about God.

He was one of the most prominent archbishops of his time; he is considered the first scholastic thanks to his works Monologion and Proslogion that had a great repercussion, centered above all on his debated ontological argument to prove the existence of God a priori.

This ontological argument was welcomed positively by the Catholic Church, it defended the existence of God without the need to experience an event related to him in reality because it existed as the largest entity in the understanding of men.

According to the above, the correct answer is C. The catholic Church welcomed his use of logic and theology (option C)

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Which BEST explains how Anselm’s ontological argument was received in his era? He was widely criticized in his era. He was persecuted so he had to write in secret. The Catholic Church welcomed his use of logic and theology. Anselm’s work did not become well known until after his death.

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Which BEST explains how Anselm’s ontological argument was received in his era?

He was widely criticized in his era.

He was persecuted so he had to write in secret.

The Catholic Church welcomed his use of logic and theology.

Anselm’s work did not become well known until after his death.