Anselm of Havelberg

Anselm of Havelberg[1] (c. 1100 – 1158) was a German bishop, statesman, secular and religious ambassador to Constantinople. He was a Premonstratensian, a defender of his order,[2][3] a critic of the monastic life of his time, and a theorist of Christian history. According to Friedrich Heer, "the peculiar course of Anselm's life made this much-travelled man the theologian of development, of progress, of the right of novelty in the Church".[4]

  1. ^ Anselm von Havelberg, Anselmus Havelbergensis, Anselmus episcopus Havelbergensis.
  2. ^ "Chapter Six". Archived from the original on 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2007-03-12.: "Anselm of Havelberg (+ 1158), in his Apologetic Epistle, showed that the active life and the contemplative life - later referred to as the "mixed life" can be perfectly blended in the life of the canons".
  3. ^ [1]: :The first treatise on the mixed life was that of the regular canon Anselm of Havelberg, who argued that the supreme model of religious life, Christ, practiced contemplation and action equally".
  4. ^ The Intellectual Life of Europe (English translation, 1966), p.90.