Cur Deus homo

essay by Anselm of Canterbury
Place reference_work Q83522
Cur Deus homo
Original author: Anselm of Canterbury; unknown amanuensis. · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Cur Deus homo

Summary

Cur Deus homo is a reference work[1]. It draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (reference_work category, ranking #20 of 114).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cur Deus homo authored Anselm of Canterbury[3].
  • Cur Deus homo's image is recorded as Ms 224 anselm.jpg[4].
  • Cur Deus homo's instance of is recorded as reference work[5].
  • Cur Deus homo's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • Cur Deus homo's genre is recorded as treatise[7].
  • Cur Deus homo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 175255044[8].
  • Cur Deus homo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 305992994[9].
  • Cur Deus homo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 1443145856969122920566[10].
  • Cur Deus homo's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11944625n[11].
  • Cur Deus homo's Commons category is recorded as Cur Deus Homo[12].
  • Cur Deus homo's language of work or name is recorded as medieval Latin[13].
  • Cur Deus homo's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of England[14].
  • Cur Deus homo's publication date is recorded as +1098-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Cur Deus homo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09rxrlp[16].
  • Cur Deus homo's has edition or translation is recorded as Cur Deus homo in French[17].
  • Cur Deus homo's has edition or translation is recorded as S. Anselmi Cantuariensis : libri duo Cur Deus homo[18].
  • Cur Deus homo's main subject is recorded as Satisfaction theory of atonement[19].
  • Cur Deus homo's main subject is recorded as incarnation[20].
  • Cur Deus homo's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Cur-Deus-homo[21].
  • Cur Deus homo's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Saepe et studiosissime a multis rogatus sum et verbis et litteris, quatenus cuiusdam de fide nostra quaestionis rationes, quas soleo respondere quaerentibus, memoriae scribendo commendem. Dicunt enim eas sibi placere et arbitrantur satisfacere.'}[22].
  • Cur Deus homo's author name string is recorded as Anselm of Canterbury[23].
  • Cur Deus homo's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Si quid diximus quod corrigendum sit, non renuo correctionem, si rationabiliter fit. Si autem veritatis testimonio roboratur, quod nos rationabiliter invenisse existimamus, deo non nobis attribuere debemus, qui est benedictus in saecula amen (Rom. 1,25).'}[24].
  • Cur Deus homo's FAMA work ID is recorded as 267553[25].
  • Cur Deus homo's ARLIMA ID is recorded as 17613[26].
  • Cur Deus homo's copyright status is recorded as public domain[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include reference work[5] and literary work[6].

Why It Matters

Cur Deus homo draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (reference_work category, ranking #20 of 114).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . Q113573231. wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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