Why did God become man? Because it was the will of God. Anselm says, "The will of God should be a good enough reason for us when he does anything, even though we cannot see why He wills it. For the will of God is never irrational"(61). It was necessary for Christ to be fully human and fully God so as to only He could redeem the people. Sin came through man; therefore, life should be restored through the obedience of man. I found it interesting how he talked about Christ being born of a virgin, yet still sinless though Mary was of adam and eve. Anselm basically says that this is a mystery, but it is something to approach in awe as only God could do it. If found the section on the devil's redemption to be intriguing through the way Anselm approached it. If it were possible for the Devil to be redeemed, it would require and Angel-God, not a God-man. This was interesting because this is impossible because these angels were not made to fall or inflicted by another, so in theory they would have to rise without help as well. I had never thought of this, but it makes sense. They had no reason to fall or to turn away from God, yet did.
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I found that interesting as well. The way Anselm explained why Jesus needed to be fully human and fully God was fascinating to me in the first place and then when he related that to angels, I had certainly never thought of that before.
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